diff -r 27580a47ae28 -r 9eb8f52893d0 pidgin/plugins/spellchk.c
--- a/pidgin/plugins/spellchk.c	Sun May 11 22:31:38 2014 +0200
+++ b/pidgin/plugins/spellchk.c	Tue May 13 00:26:43 2014 +0200
@@ -1795,7 +1795,7 @@
 	model = gtk_list_store_new((gint)N_COLUMNS, G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_STRING, G_TYPE_BOOLEAN, G_TYPE_BOOLEAN);
 	hashes = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, NULL);
 
-	while (buf_get_line(ibuf, &buf, &pnt, size)) {
+	while (ibuf && buf_get_line(ibuf, &buf, &pnt, size)) {
 		if (*buf != '#') {
 			if (!g_ascii_strncasecmp(buf, "BAD ", 4))
 			{