1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/server.c b/lib/libalpm/server.c
index 90466e32..f2e4afdf 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/server.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/server.c
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ int _alpm_downloadfiles_forreal(pmlist_t *servers, const char *localpath,
 					server->s_url->offset = (off_t)0;
 					dltotal_bytes = 0;
 					localf = fopen(output, "w");
+					if(localf == NULL) { /* still null? */
+						_alpm_log(PM_LOG_ERROR, _("cannot write to file '%s'"), output);
+						return -1;
+					}
 				}
 
 				/* Progress 0 - initialize */