diff -r 852378e0c5b5 -r 68c109ca0089 pidgin/gtkroomlist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkroomlist.c	Sat Dec 06 05:05:02 2008 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkroomlist.c	Sat Dec 06 05:14:07 2008 +0000
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@
 	PurpleConnection *conn = purple_account_get_connection(account);
 	PurplePluginProtocolInfo *prpl_info = NULL;
 
-	if (conn)
+	if (conn && PURPLE_CONNECTION_IS_CONNECTED(conn))
 		prpl_info = PURPLE_PLUGIN_PROTOCOL_INFO(conn->prpl);
 
 	return (prpl_info && prpl_info->roomlist_get_list != NULL);