diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index feee5bf5c..542ad8d0a 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -441,6 +441,9 @@ void dbFreeBase(dbBase *pdbbase)
     DBENTRY             dbentry;
     long status;
 
+    if(!pdbbase)
+        return;
+
     dbInitEntry(pdbbase,&dbentry);
     status = dbFirstRecordType(&dbentry);
     while(!status) {