diff --git a/code/qcommon/files.c b/code/qcommon/files.c
index 4a94463e..a9f2995a 100644
--- a/code/qcommon/files.c
+++ b/code/qcommon/files.c
@@ -2932,7 +2932,9 @@ void FS_AddGameDirectory( const char *path, const char *dir ) {
 	// Get .pk3 files
 	pakfiles = Sys_ListFiles(curpath, ".pk3", NULL, &numfiles, qfalse);
 
-	qsort( pakfiles, numfiles, sizeof(char*), paksort );
+	if ( pakfiles ) {
+		qsort( pakfiles, numfiles, sizeof(char*), paksort );
+	}
 
 	if ( fs_numServerPaks ) {
 		numdirs = 0;