diff --git a/libexif/exif-data.c b/libexif/exif-data.c
index 2c812cdf96fae8bdd678190432a162a755c8553a..c791d6576aeda6e81b147578e742967d2684cc8d 100644
--- a/libexif/exif-data.c
+++ b/libexif/exif-data.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ exif_data_save_data_content_general (ExifData* data, ExifContent* ifd,
 	unsigned char* t;
 	unsigned int ts;
 
-	if (!data || !data->priv || !ifd || !d || !ds)
+	if (!data || !data->priv || !data->ifd || !ifd || !d || !ds)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < EXIF_IFD_COUNT; i++)