pidgin-crash

diff --git a/pidgin/gtkconv.c b/pidgin/gtkconv.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkconv.c
+++ b/pidgin/gtkconv.c
@@ -6460,7 +6460,8 @@

    } else if ((flags & PURPLE_MESSAGE_RECV) && (old_flags & PURPLE_MESSAGE_RECV)) {
        GList *history = purple_conversation_get_message_history(conv);
-       PurpleConvMessage *last_msg = (PurpleConvMessage *)history->data;
+       PurpleConvMessage *last_msg = history ?
+           (PurpleConvMessage *)history->data : NULL;

        /* If the senders are the same, use appendNextMessage */
        if (purple_strequal(purple_conversation_message_get_sender(last_msg), name)) {