utils/metadata/meta_data.c: fix -Wnull-dereference warning

Signed-off-by: Eero Tamminen <eero.t.tamminen@intel.com>

diff --git a/src/utils/metadata/meta_data.c b/src/utils/metadata/meta_data.c
index c7d12db90e60566ca1a456cb02cc8fab98394166..5858a139cb1ef7088acd5128a85242cffa4b89b2 100644 (file)
--- a/src/utils/metadata/meta_data.c
+++ b/src/utils/metadata/meta_data.c
@@ -133,8 +133,9 @@ static meta_entry_t *md_entry_clone(const meta_entry_t *orig) /* {{{ */
     return NULL;
 
   copy = md_entry_clone_contents(orig);
+  if (copy != NULL)
+    copy->next = md_entry_clone(orig->next);
 
-  copy->next = md_entry_clone(orig->next);
   return copy;
 } /* }}} meta_entry_t *md_entry_clone */