diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdEditDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdEditDialog.cpp
index bc64d4071..17081ac78 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdEditDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Identity/IdEditDialog.cpp
@@ -470,22 +470,22 @@ void IdEditDialog::createId()
 
 	RsIdentityParameters params;
 	params.nickname = groupname;
-    params.isPgpLinked = (ui.radioButton_GpgId->isChecked());
+	params.isPgpLinked = (ui.radioButton_GpgId->isChecked());
 
-        const QPixmap *pixmap = ui.avatarLabel->pixmap();
+	const QPixmap *pixmap = ui.avatarLabel->pixmap();
 
-        if (!pixmap->isNull())
-    {
-            QByteArray ba;
-            QBuffer buffer(&ba);
+	if (pixmap && !pixmap->isNull())
+	{
+		QByteArray ba;
+		QBuffer buffer(&ba);
 
-            buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
-            pixmap->save(&buffer, "PNG"); // writes image into ba in PNG format
+		buffer.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly);
+		pixmap->save(&buffer, "PNG"); // writes image into ba in PNG format
 
-            params.mImage.copy((uint8_t *) ba.data(), ba.size());
-        }
-    else
-            params.mImage.clear();
+		params.mImage.copy((uint8_t *) ba.data(), ba.size());
+	}
+	else
+		params.mImage.clear();
 
 	uint32_t dummyToken = 0;
 	rsIdentity->createIdentity(dummyToken, params);