From 9a37a4ca0503d08fed377c3e6714f4059870a7d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jacek Jendrzej <overx300@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2024 13:36:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] avoid null pointer use

---
 src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
index c18666983..b79fb65d4 100644
--- a/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
+++ b/src/eitd/xmlutil.cpp
@@ -833,8 +833,10 @@ void writeEventsToFile(const char *epgdir)
 		}
 		(*e)->saveXML(eventfile);
 	}
-	write_epgxml_footer(eventfile);
-	fclose(eventfile);
+	if (eventfile != NULL) {
+		write_epgxml_footer(eventfile);
+		fclose(eventfile);
+	}
 _done:
 	unlockEvents();
 	write_indexxml_footer(indexfile);