1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ui-patch.c b/ui-patch.c
index 36bfae4..c1c4ce3 100644
--- a/ui-patch.c
+++ b/ui-patch.c
@@ -87,13 +87,17 @@ void cgit_print_patch(char *hex)
 	commit = lookup_commit_reference(sha1);
 	if (!commit) {
 		cgit_print_error(fmt("Bad commit reference: %s", hex));
 		return;
 	}
 	info = cgit_parse_commit(commit);
-	hashcpy(old_sha1, commit->parents->item->object.sha1);
+
+	if (commit->parents && commit->parents->item)
+		hashcpy(old_sha1, commit->parents->item->object.sha1);
+	else
+		hashclr(old_sha1);
 
 	patchname = fmt("%s.patch", sha1_to_hex(sha1));
 	ctx.page.mimetype = "text/plain";
 	ctx.page.filename = patchname;
 	cgit_print_http_headers(&ctx);
 	htmlf("From %s Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001\n", sha1_to_hex(sha1));