--- muine-0.6.3/libmuine/metadata.c	2004-02-27 22:11:01.000000000 +0100
+++ muine-0.6.3.patched/libmuine/metadata.c	2004-10-06 15:39:04.381903488 +0200
@@ -666,8 +666,13 @@
 	escaped = gnome_vfs_escape_path_string (filename);
 
 	info = gnome_vfs_file_info_new ();
-	gnome_vfs_get_file_info (escaped, info,
-				 GNOME_VFS_FILE_INFO_GET_MIME_TYPE | GNOME_VFS_FILE_INFO_FOLLOW_LINKS);
+
+	if (gnome_vfs_get_file_info (escaped, info,
+				 GNOME_VFS_FILE_INFO_GET_MIME_TYPE | GNOME_VFS_FILE_INFO_FOLLOW_LINKS) != GNOME_VFS_OK) {
+		gnome_vfs_file_info_unref (info);
+		g_free (escaped);
+		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	if (!strcmp (info->mime_type, "audio/x-mp3") ||
 	    !strcmp (info->mime_type, "audio/mpeg"))