diff --git a/src/command/cmd_ac.c b/src/command/cmd_ac.c
index 9c3f8c4e..a632ceae 100644
--- a/src/command/cmd_ac.c
+++ b/src/command/cmd_ac.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,9 @@ cmd_ac_complete_filepath(const char* const input, char* const startstr, gboolean
     }
 
     auto_gchar gchar* inpcp = g_strdup(inpcp_ptr);
+    if (!inpcp) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     // strip quotes
     if (inpcp[0] == '"') {