1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/node.c b/src/node.c
index 56d16d89..fbcbe1f5 100644
--- a/src/node.c
+++ b/src/node.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ serd_node_new_uri_from_string(const uint8_t* str,
                               const SerdURI* base,
                               SerdURI*       out)
 {
-	if (str[0] == '\0') {
+	if (!str || str[0] == '\0') {
 		return serd_node_new_uri(base, NULL, out);  // Empty URI => Base URI
 	} else {
 		SerdURI uri;