fix dereferencing null pointer

diff --git a/src/daemon/metric.c b/src/daemon/metric.c
index 2d9f9381049cd999a5c5ceda2c9e7617fd6f4972..d18f51289a73c44f250029687ec5cf222920cb5f 100644 (file)
--- a/src/daemon/metric.c
+++ b/src/daemon/metric.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int metric_reset(metric_t *m) {
   label_set_reset(&m->label);
   meta_data_destroy(m->meta);
 
-  if (m->family->type == METRIC_TYPE_DISTRIBUTION) {
+  if (m->family != NULL && m->family->type == METRIC_TYPE_DISTRIBUTION) {
     distribution_destroy(m->value.distribution);
   }