1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/argv_split.c b/lib/argv_split.c
index 4096ed42f490..fad6ce4f7b57 100644
--- a/lib/argv_split.c
+++ b/lib/argv_split.c
@@ -75,7 +75,9 @@ char **argv_split(gfp_t gfp, const char *str, int *argcp)
         if (argv == NULL)
                 goto out;
 
-        *argcp = argc;
+        if (argcp)
+                *argcp = argc;
+
         argvp = argv;
 
         while (*str) {