diff --git a/libltdl/loaders/preopen.c b/libltdl/loaders/preopen.c
index 7149287..e5b8c16 100644
--- a/libltdl/loaders/preopen.c
+++ b/libltdl/loaders/preopen.c
@@ -335,6 +335,7 @@ lt_dlpreload_open (const char *originator, lt_dlpreload_callback_func *func)
   /* For each symlist in the chain...  */
   for (list = preloaded_symlists; list; list = list->next)
     {
+      if ( ! list->symlist->name ) continue;
       /* ...that was preloaded by the requesting ORIGINATOR... */
       if ((originator && streq (list->symlist->name, originator))
           || (!originator && streq (list->symlist->name, "@PROGRAM@")))