diff -urN gnome-vfs-2.24.2.org/modules/ftp-method.c gnome-vfs-2.24.2/modules/ftp-method.c
--- gnome-vfs-2.24.2.org/modules/ftp-method.c	2009-04-20 12:46:46.000000000 +0200
+++ gnome-vfs-2.24.2/modules/ftp-method.c	2010-03-15 18:10:49.241202435 +0100
@@ -2679,6 +2679,11 @@
 					break;
 				}
 				
+				if (symlink_info->symlink_name == NULL) {
+					res = GNOME_VFS_ERROR_BAD_PARAMETERS;
+					break;
+				}
+
 				symlink_name = gnome_vfs_escape_path_string (symlink_info->symlink_name);
 				gnome_vfs_file_info_clear (symlink_info);