diff --git a/src/domain-match.c b/src/domain-match.c
index 935a2d3..a5afb35 100644
--- a/src/domain-match.c
+++ b/src/domain-match.c
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ void build_server_array(void)
   for (serv = daemon->local_domains; serv; serv = serv->next, count++)
     daemon->serverarray[count] = serv;
   
-  qsort(daemon->serverarray, daemon->serverarraysz, sizeof(struct server *), order_qsort);
+  /* serverarray may be unallocated if we have no servers yet. */
+  if (daemon->serverarray)
+    qsort(daemon->serverarray, daemon->serverarraysz, sizeof(struct server *), order_qsort);
   
   /* servers need the location in the array to find all the whole
      set of equivalent servers from a pointer to a single one. */