diff -r 6e13f808537e -r f1ca2fb37c50 pidgin/gtkblist.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Wed Aug 27 16:45:04 2008 +0000
+++ b/pidgin/gtkblist.c	Thu Aug 28 00:43:05 2008 +0000
@@ -6483,7 +6483,7 @@
 		purple_account_add_buddy(data->account, b);
 
 		/* Offer to merge people with the same alias. */
-		if (whoalias != NULL)
+		if (whoalias != NULL && g != NULL)
 			gtk_blist_auto_personize((PurpleBlistNode *)g, whoalias);
 
 		/*