1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/shell/ash.c b/shell/ash.c
index c51fb804d..3e9997b53 100644
--- a/shell/ash.c
+++ b/shell/ash.c
@@ -8979,7 +8979,7 @@ mklocal(char *name)
          */
         lvp = localvars;
         while (lvp) {
-                if (varcmp(lvp->vp->var_text, name) == 0) {
+                if (lvp->vp && varcmp(lvp->vp->var_text, name) == 0) {
                         if (eq)
                                 setvareq(name, 0);
                         /* else: