diff --git a/src/stdlib/SDL_qsort.c b/src/stdlib/SDL_qsort.c
index 6454b2ca48..3683e99d29 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/SDL_qsort.c
+++ b/src/stdlib/SDL_qsort.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_QSORT
 void SDL_qsort(void *base, size_t nmemb, size_t size, int (*compare) (const void *, const void *))
 {
+    if (!base) {
+        return;
+    }
     qsort(base, nmemb, size, compare);
 }