1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
index e286378cb1..ee9c677d9b 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/conf/conf_mod.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ int CONF_parse_list(const char *list_, int sep, int nospc,
                 {
                 if (nospc)
                         {
-                        while(isspace((unsigned char)*lstart))
+                        while(*lstart && isspace((unsigned char)*lstart))
                                 lstart++;
                         }
                 p = strchr(lstart, sep);