diff -r 59b1c56633d1 -r dbaaa235297b pidgin/gtkblist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Mon Dec 03 19:02:28 2007 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Mon Dec 03 21:26:54 2007 +0000
@@ -5715,11 +5715,11 @@
 
 	esc = g_markup_escape_text(group->name, -1);
 	if (selected)
-		mark = g_strdup_printf("<span weight='bold'>%s</span>%s", esc, group_count);
+		mark = g_strdup_printf("<span weight='bold'>%s</span>%s", esc ? esc : "", group_count);
 	else
 		mark = g_strdup_printf("<span color='#%02x%02x%02x' weight='bold'>%s</span>%s",
 				       textcolor.red>>8, textcolor.green>>8, textcolor.blue>>8,
-				       esc, group_count);
+				       esc ? esc : "", group_count);
 
 	g_free(esc);
 	return mark;