diff -r 8b63b9948107 -r 8826f95514fd pidgin/gtkutils.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Sat May 10 03:56:36 2014 +0530
+++ b/pidgin/gtkutils.c	Thu May 15 10:16:32 2014 +0530
@@ -3070,6 +3070,9 @@
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename != NULL, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename[0] != '\0', NULL);
+
 	pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file(filename, &error);
 	if (!pixbuf || error) {
 		purple_debug_warning("gtkutils", "gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file() "
@@ -3092,6 +3095,9 @@
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename != NULL, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename[0] != '\0', NULL);
+
 	pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_size(filename,
 			width, height, &error);
 	if (!pixbuf || error) {
@@ -3115,6 +3121,9 @@
 	GdkPixbuf *pixbuf;
 	GError *error = NULL;
 
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename != NULL, NULL);
+	g_return_val_if_fail(filename[0] != '\0', NULL);
+
 	pixbuf = gdk_pixbuf_new_from_file_at_scale(filename,
 			width, height, preserve_aspect_ratio, &error);
 	if (!pixbuf || error) {