From 02346ee6a2259ef8070ad78e36e4fae3353315c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Castain <rhc@pmix.org>
Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 07:09:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Silence Coverity warning

Signed-off-by: Ralph Castain <rhc@pmix.org>
---
 opal/mca/pmix/base/pmix_base_fns.c | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/opal/mca/pmix/base/pmix_base_fns.c b/opal/mca/pmix/base/pmix_base_fns.c
index 618c3f559b..a21e815726 100644
--- a/opal/mca/pmix/base/pmix_base_fns.c
+++ b/opal/mca/pmix/base/pmix_base_fns.c
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ int opal_pmix_convert_nspace(opal_jobid_t *jobid, pmix_nspace_t nspace)
     char *p = NULL;
 
     /* set a default */
-    *jobid = OPAL_JOBID_INVALID;
+    if (NULL != jobid) {
+        *jobid = OPAL_JOBID_INVALID;
+    }
 
     /* if the nspace is empty, there is nothing more to do */
     if (0 == strlen(nspace)) {