diff --git a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
index e8682ba1b..da0b6eaa8 100644
--- a/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
+++ b/src/zapit/src/zapit.cpp
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ bool CZapit::ZapIt(const t_channel_id channel_id, bool forupdate, bool startplay
 
 	if (IS_WEBTV(newchannel->getChannelID()) && !newchannel->getUrl().empty()) {
 		dvbsub_stop();
-		if (current_channel->getChannelID() == newchannel->getChannelID() && !newchannel->getScriptName().empty()){
+		if (current_channel && current_channel->getChannelID() == newchannel->getChannelID() && !newchannel->getScriptName().empty()){
 			INFO("[zapit] stop rezap to channel %s id %" PRIx64 ")", newchannel->getName().c_str(), newchannel->getChannelID());
 			return true;
 		}