diff --git a/dlls/setupapi/setupx_main.c b/dlls/setupapi/setupx_main.c
index f74f824cf52..0964aecc33d 100644
--- a/dlls/setupapi/setupx_main.c
+++ b/dlls/setupapi/setupx_main.c
@@ -1133,6 +1133,7 @@ static BOOL SETUPX_CopyFiles(LPSTR *pSub, HINF16 hInf)
 
 	/* entry wasn't a single file, so let's iterate over section */
 	pFileEntries = SETUPX_GetSectionEntries(filename, pCopyEntry);
+        if (pFileEntries == NULL) continue;
         for (p=pFileEntries; *p; p +=strlen(p)+1)
 	{
 	    pSubFile = SETUPX_GetSubStrings(p, ',');