diff --git a/src/scconf/parse.c b/src/scconf/parse.c
index 2804d7d5..f0e585b0 100644
--- a/src/scconf/parse.c
+++ b/src/scconf/parse.c
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void scconf_parse_token(scconf_parser * parser, int token_type, const char *toke
 				scconf_parse_warning_expect(parser, ";");
 				scconf_parse_reset_state(parser);
 			}
-			if (*token == '"') {
+			if (token && *token == '"') {
 				/* quoted string, remove them */
 				token++;
 				len = strlen(token);