diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 89311f052..fd073582d 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ CheckOther instance;
 
 void CheckOther::warningOldStylePointerCast()
 {
-    if (!_settings->_checkCodingStyle || _tokenizer->fileLine(_tokenizer->tokens()).find(".cpp") == std::string::npos)
+    if (!_settings->_checkCodingStyle || 
+		(_tokenizer->tokens() && _tokenizer->fileLine(_tokenizer->tokens()).find(".cpp") == std::string::npos))
         return;
 
     for (const Token *tok = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())