X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fdatabase.cc;h=16c4354f2448bbc39bff3a1c3f630b4775575cd4;hb=b92f15d014604452c148e75b5b8bd38b3f382f20;hp=8f8df1a1434ed604ca2fe1a7bdf5f87b7084a28d;hpb=ad6a6edb38e428f7bbcd81b49fd2ef1e5197f8c7;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/database.cc b/lib/database.cc
index 8f8df1a1..16c4354f 100644
--- a/lib/database.cc
+++ b/lib/database.cc
@@ -1825,6 +1825,9 @@ notmuch_database_find_message_by_filename (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
     if (message_ret == NULL)
 	return NOTMUCH_STATUS_NULL_POINTER;
 
+    /* return NULL on any failure */
+    *message_ret = NULL;
+
     local = talloc_new (notmuch);
 
     try {