diff --git a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
index af5a166af..96a9f0aa1 100644
--- a/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/luainstance.cpp
@@ -934,6 +934,10 @@ int CLuaInstance::MenuAddItem(lua_State *L)
 					options_count++;
 				}
 			lua_pop(L, 1);
+			if (options_count == 0) {
+				m->m->addItem(new CMenuSeparator(CMenuSeparator::STRING | CMenuSeparator::LINE, "ERROR! (options_count)", NONEXISTANT_LOCALE));
+				return 0;
+			}
 
 			CMenuOptionChooser::keyval_ext *kext = (CMenuOptionChooser::keyval_ext *)calloc(options_count, sizeof(CMenuOptionChooser::keyval_ext));
 			m->tofree.push_back(kext);