1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ssh.c b/ssh.c
index 0f4756ef2..85043a8c0 100644
--- a/ssh.c
+++ b/ssh.c
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ load_public_identity_files(void)
                 public = key_load_public(filename, NULL);
                 debug("identity file %s type %d", filename,
                     public ? public->type : -1);
-                if (blacklisted_key(public, &fp) == 1) {
+                if (public && blacklisted_key(public, &fp) == 1) {
                         if (options.use_blacklisted_keys)
                                 logit("Public key %s blacklisted (see "
                                     "ssh-vulnkey(1)); continuing anyway", fp);