diff --git a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
index ffc0f08e951c292fd092a8f1397d9c039c4a44a0..46b4cbb5e9f0a7fbd633737ec0cbb2ab3c8b3791 100644
--- a/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
+++ b/libavcodec/imgconvert.c
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ static enum PixelFormat avcodec_get_pix_fmt_internal(const char *name)
     int i;
 
     for (i=0; i < PIX_FMT_NB; i++)
-         if (!strcmp(pix_fmt_info[i].name, name))
+        if (pix_fmt_info[i].name && !strcmp(pix_fmt_info[i].name, name))
              return i;
     return PIX_FMT_NONE;
 }