diff --git a/find/util.c b/find/util.c
index 4792080..e42e27e 100644
--- a/find/util.c
+++ b/find/util.c
@@ -893,7 +893,9 @@ safely_quote_err_filename (int n, char const *arg)
 void
 fatal_file_error(const char *name)
 {
+  if(name)
   error (1, errno, "%s", safely_quote_err_filename(0, name));
+  else   error (1, errno, "%s","");
   /*NOTREACHED*/
   abort();
 }
