diff -r cc3c735c14f4 -r a0f2d660128d pidgin/pidgincolor.c
--- a/pidgin/pidgincolor.c	Sat Mar 12 23:00:44 2022 -0600
+++ b/pidgin/pidgincolor.c	Sat Mar 12 23:05:01 2022 -0600
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
 
     /* hash the string and get the first 2 bytes of the digest */
     checksum = g_checksum_new(G_CHECKSUM_SHA1);
-    g_checksum_update(checksum, (const guchar *)text, -1);
+    if(text != NULL) {
+        g_checksum_update(checksum, (const guchar *)text, -1);
+    }
     g_checksum_get_digest(checksum, digest, &digest_len);
     g_checksum_free(checksum);