diff --git a/cde/programs/dtcm/server/rtable2.c b/cde/programs/dtcm/server/rtable2.c
index 0817c4c6c..1ed050a92 100644
--- a/cde/programs/dtcm/server/rtable2.c
+++ b/cde/programs/dtcm/server/rtable2.c
@@ -109,11 +109,13 @@ _DtCm_rtable_lookup_next_smaller_2_svc(Table_Args_2 *args, struct svc_req *svcrq
         if (res!=NULL) xdr_free ((xdrproc_t)_DtCm_xdr_Table_Res_2, (char*)res);
   
         newargs = _DtCm_tableargs2_to_tableargs4(args);
-        newres = _DtCm_rtable_lookup_next_smaller_4_svc(newargs, svcrq); 
+        if(newargs) {
+                newres = _DtCm_rtable_lookup_next_smaller_4_svc(newargs, svcrq);
          
-        res = _DtCm_tableres4_to_tableres2(newres);
+                res = _DtCm_tableres4_to_tableres2(newres);
   
-        if (newargs!=NULL) xdr_free((xdrproc_t)_DtCm_xdr_Table_Args_4, (char*)newargs);
+                xdr_free((xdrproc_t)_DtCm_xdr_Table_Args_4, (char*)newargs);
+        }
  
         return(res);