1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/vis.c b/vis.c
index 6ee9f22..e6f5d9f 100644
--- a/vis.c
+++ b/vis.c
@@ -196,11 +196,13 @@ static File *file_new(Vis *vis, const char *name) {
 
 		File *existing = NULL;
 		/* try to detect whether the same file is already open in another window */
-		for (File *file = vis->files; file && file->name; file = file->next) {
-			if (cmp_names && strcmp(file->name, name_absolute) == 0 ||
-				file->stat.st_dev == new.st_dev && file->stat.st_ino == new.st_ino) {
-				existing = file;
-				break;
+		for (File *file = vis->files; file; file = file->next) {
+			if (file->name) {
+				if (cmp_names && strcmp(file->name, name_absolute) == 0 ||
+					file->stat.st_dev == new.st_dev && file->stat.st_ino == new.st_ino) {
+					existing = file;
+					break;
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (existing) {