diff --git a/libpkgconf/pkg.c b/libpkgconf/pkg.c
index 7e697d3..ddb3806 100644
--- a/libpkgconf/pkg.c
+++ b/libpkgconf/pkg.c
@@ -616,9 +616,11 @@ pkgconf_pkg_find(pkgconf_client_t *client, const char *name)
 			PKGCONF_TRACE(client, "%s is a file", name);
 
 			pkg = pkgconf_pkg_new_from_file(client, name, f);
-			pkgconf_path_add(pkg_get_parent_dir(pkg), &client->dir_list, true);
-
-			return pkg;
+			if (pkg != NULL)
+			{
+				pkgconf_path_add(pkg_get_parent_dir(pkg), &client->dir_list, true);
+				return pkg;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/lib1/malformed-1.pc b/tests/lib1/malformed-1.pc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f4a700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/lib1/malformed-1.pc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+prefix=/usr\nName: GKrellM\nDescription: Extensible GTK system monitoring application\nVersion: 2.3.7\nRequires: gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0\nCflags: -I/usr/include\n
+