diff --git a/package/busybox/patches/920-awx.patch b/package/busybox/patches/920-awx.patch
index 146bd269a2..251db68126 100644
--- a/package/busybox/patches/920-awx.patch
+++ b/package/busybox/patches/920-awx.patch
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ diff -purN bb.old/editors/awx.c bb.dev/editors/awx.c
 +			clear_array(ahash);
 +		}
 +	}
-+	if (initseq)
++	if (initseq && initseq->first)
 +		evaluate(initseq->first, &tv);
 +}
 +