diff --git a/src/write_http.c b/src/write_http.c
index 95132cf92f7bcd8d541bd53aa38a34b72de28c9a..41615d3f0ccbd0be9c1cefba46708a4ace10e680 100644 (file)
--- a/src/write_http.c
+++ b/src/write_http.c
@@ -362,7 +362,11 @@ static int wh_write_command (const data_set_t *ds, const value_list_t *vl, /* {{
int status;
- if (0 != strcmp (ds->type, vl->type)) {
+ /* sanity checks, primarily to make static analyzers happy. */
+ if ((cb == NULL) || (cb->send_buffer == NULL))
+ return -1;
+
+ if (strcmp (ds->type, vl->type) == 0) {
ERROR ("write_http plugin: DS type does not match "
"value list type");
return -1;