fixed a potential segfault

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/add.c b/lib/libalpm/add.c
index 07b16dec..bd6b1724 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/add.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/add.c
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ int add_prepare(pmdb_t *db, pmtrans_t *trans, PMList **data)
 {
 	PMList *lp;
 
-	*data = NULL;
-
 	ASSERT(db != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_DB_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(trans != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_TRANS_NULL, -1));
 	ASSERT(data != NULL, RET_ERR(PM_ERR_WRONG_ARGS, -1));
 
+	*data = NULL;
+
 	/* Check dependencies
 	 */