1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/editors/awk.c b/editors/awk.c
index c0e1a71fe..c1cb2a2e2 100644
--- a/editors/awk.c
+++ b/editors/awk.c
@@ -1554,7 +1554,7 @@ static void handle_special(var *v) {
                         memcpy(b+len, s, l);
                         len += l;
                 }
-                b[len] = '\0';
+                if (b) b[len] = '\0';
                 setvar_p(V[F0], b);
                 is_f0_split = TRUE;
 
@@ -2551,6 +2551,7 @@ static int awk_exit(int r) {
 
         if (! exiting) {
                 exiting = TRUE;
+                nextrec = FALSE;
                 evaluate(endseq.first, &tv);
         }