diff --git a/ext/zip/php_zip.c b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
index 803543029da..d4115f8c189 100644
--- a/ext/zip/php_zip.c
+++ b/ext/zip/php_zip.c
@@ -2668,7 +2668,7 @@ static ZIPARCHIVE_METHOD(extractTo)
 
 		for (i = 0; i < filecount; i++) {
 			char *file = (char*)zip_get_name(intern, i, ZIP_FL_UNCHANGED);
-			if (!php_zip_extract_file(intern, pathto, file, strlen(file))) {
+			if (!file || !php_zip_extract_file(intern, pathto, file, strlen(file))) {
 					RETURN_FALSE;
 			}
 		}