From 7ecbdc866cbf0f41a45827c308cdf4d2250ff866 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Howkins <flibble@users.sf.net>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 23:23:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] libDtSearch: Coverity 86602

---
 cde/lib/DtSearch/msgutil.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cde/lib/DtSearch/msgutil.c b/cde/lib/DtSearch/msgutil.c
index be66b637..48d27fe9 100644
--- a/cde/lib/DtSearch/msgutil.c
+++ b/cde/lib/DtSearch/msgutil.c
@@ -237,9 +237,12 @@ LLIST          *cutnode_llist (LLIST * node, LLIST ** llistp)
  */
 static LLIST   *split_llist (LLIST * lst)
 {
-    LLIST          *tail = lst->link;
-    if (lst == NULL || tail == NULL)
+    LLIST          *tail;
+    if (lst == NULL || lst->link)
 	return lst;
+
+    tail = lst->link;
+
     /* advance 'tail' to end of list, and advance 'lst' only half as often */
     while ((tail != NULL) && ((tail = tail->link) != NULL)) {
 	lst = lst->link;
-- 
2.25.1