diff --git a/lib/netplay/miniupnpc/miniwget.c b/lib/netplay/miniupnpc/miniwget.c
index 51a371ad5..cc053abb1 100644
--- a/lib/netplay/miniupnpc/miniwget.c
+++ b/lib/netplay/miniupnpc/miniwget.c
@@ -234,6 +234,9 @@ miniwget2(const char * url, const char * host,
 int parseURL(const char * url, char * hostname, unsigned short * port, char * * path)
 {
 	char * p1, *p2, *p3;
+
+	if (!url)
+		return 0;
 	p1 = strstr(url, "://");
 	if(!p1)
 		return 0;