1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index cd40b012f8..edce47ca75 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static CURL *get_curl_handle(void)
 	 * precedence here, as in CURL.
 	 */
 	if (!curl_http_proxy) {
-		if (!strcmp(http_auth.protocol, "https")) {
+		if (http_auth.protocol && !strcmp(http_auth.protocol, "https")) {
 			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("HTTPS_PROXY"));
 			var_override(&curl_http_proxy, getenv("https_proxy"));
 		} else {