From 6570f888bae44cdc6592b4d094d44e48c6f23b25 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cakepie <cake-pie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2023 00:32:14 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix for potential nullptr

---
 src/avatar.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/avatar.cpp b/src/avatar.cpp
index 2fdf13bde1dd0..1f25d4259eac7 100644
--- a/src/avatar.cpp
+++ b/src/avatar.cpp
@@ -203,8 +203,9 @@ void avatar::control_npc( npc &np )
     g->update_map( *this, z_level_changed );
     character_mood_face( true );
 
+    profession_id prof_id = prof ? prof->ident() : profession::generic()->ident();
     get_event_bus().send<event_type::game_avatar_new>( false, getID(), name, male,
-            prof->ident(), custom_profession );
+            prof_id, custom_profession );
 }
 
 void avatar::control_npc_menu()