diff --git a/src/utils/gcal-utils.c b/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
index b1b76877..e57c064d 100644
--- a/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
+++ b/src/utils/gcal-utils.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,9 @@ gcal_utils_extract_google_section (const gchar  *description,
   gchar *first_delimiter;
   gchar *last_delimiter;
 
+  if (!description)
+    goto out;
+
 #define GOOGLE_DELIMITER "-::~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~::~:~::-"
 
   description_len = strlen (description);