Index: trunk/src_plugins/lib_polyhelp/topoly.c
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--- trunk/src_plugins/lib_polyhelp/topoly.c	(revision 33222)
+++ trunk/src_plugins/lib_polyhelp/topoly.c	(revision 33223)
@@ -403,6 +403,9 @@
 	else
 		poly = pcb_topoly_conn_with(pcb, start, how, df);
 
+	if (poly == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
 	pcb_poly_bbox(poly);
 	poly->Clipped = pcb_poly_to_polyarea(poly, &need_full);