diff --git a/cJSON.c b/cJSON.c
index 8411d9477b8a04c6f3e60d182eec6be6b2cb48a6..a7379df5296cb0e5bf2d56e24231d2e80106e50d 100644
--- a/cJSON.c
+++ b/cJSON.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ CJSON_PUBLIC(char*) cJSON_SetValuestring(cJSON *object, const char *valuestring)
         return NULL;
     }
     /* return NULL if the object is corrupted */
-    if (object->valuestring == NULL)
+    if (object->valuestring == NULL || valuestring == NULL)
     {
         return NULL;
     }