1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index d55666d2dd85..d6345df1ce12 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -1220,7 +1220,12 @@ static void conf_message_callback(const char *fmt, va_list ap)
 
 static void show_help(struct menu *menu)
 {
-        struct gstr help = str_new();
+        struct gstr help;
+
+        if (!menu)
+                return;
+
+        help = str_new();
         menu_get_ext_help(menu, &help);
         show_scroll_win(main_window, _(menu_get_prompt(menu)), str_get(&help));
         str_free(&help);