1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index 06c4698f9..32c440274 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -4424,7 +4424,8 @@ forkchild(struct job *jp, union node *n, int mode)
 #if JOBS
         /* For "jobs | cat" to work like in bash, we must retain list of jobs
          * in child, but we do need to remove ourself */
-        freejob(jp);
+        if (jp)
+                freejob(jp);
 #else
         for (jp = curjob; jp; jp = jp->prev_job)
                 freejob(jp);