diff --git a/src/server/game/Chat/Chat.cpp b/src/server/game/Chat/Chat.cpp
index d04f8ba4518..5be39ba60fc 100644
--- a/src/server/game/Chat/Chat.cpp
+++ b/src/server/game/Chat/Chat.cpp
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ void ChatHandler::extractOptFirstArg(char* args, char** arg1, char** arg2)
 
 char* ChatHandler::extractQuotedArg(char* args)
 {
-    if (!*args)
+    if (!args || !*args)
         return NULL;
 
     if (*args == '"')