diff --git a/qemu-ga.c b/qemu-ga.c
index eb632b7b55e3ceabdff068e47b85d8710fc65879..858d75a361df9f5e39accdee2020ad09496657bf 100644
--- a/qemu-ga.c
+++ b/qemu-ga.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void ga_log(const gchar *domain, GLogLevelFlags level,
     }
 
     level &= G_LOG_LEVEL_MASK;
-    if (g_strcmp0(domain, "syslog") == 0) {
+    if (domain && strcmp(domain, "syslog") == 0) {
         syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s: %s", level_str, msg);
     } else if (level & s->log_level) {
         g_get_current_time(&time);