1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
index 0a5cb7c2..91e5f5cf 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/be_sync.c
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ int SYMEXPORT alpm_db_update(alpm_handle_t *handle, alpm_list_t *dbs, int force)
 		payload->max_size = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
 		payloads = alpm_list_add(payloads, payload);
 	}
+	if(payloads == NULL) {
+		ret = 0;
+		goto cleanup;
+	}
 
 	event.type = ALPM_EVENT_DB_RETRIEVE_START;
 	EVENT(handle, &event);