1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/util/qemu-option.c b/util/qemu-option.c
index 19761e3eaf..834217fc75 100644
--- a/util/qemu-option.c
+++ b/util/qemu-option.c
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ const char *get_opt_value(const char *p, char **value)
     size_t capacity = 0, length;
     const char *offset;
 
-    *value = NULL;
+    if (value) {
+        *value = NULL;
+    }
     while (1) {
         offset = qemu_strchrnul(p, ',');
         length = offset - p;