diff --git a/partutil/partutil.c b/partutil/partutil.c
index 5da36d5..3a2c87b 100644
--- a/partutil/partutil.c
+++ b/partutil/partutil.c
@@ -585,7 +585,9 @@ part_table_parse_msdos (int fd, guint64 
 
 		//HAL_INFO (("pe = %p", pe));
 
-		p->entries = g_slist_append (p->entries, pe);
+		if (pe != NULL) {
+			p->entries = g_slist_append (p->entries, pe);
+		}
 	}
 
 out: