diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 2dd3bc56..01036633 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-8.3.432
+8.3.433
diff --git a/extflat/EFvisit.c b/extflat/EFvisit.c
index 0116fe6a..e28b7135 100644
--- a/extflat/EFvisit.c
+++ b/extflat/EFvisit.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ EFVisitNodes(nodeProc, cdata)
     int res;
 
     for (node = (EFNode *) efNodeList.efnode_next;
-	    node != &efNodeList;
+	    node && (node != &efNodeList);
 	    node = (EFNode *) node->efnode_next)
     {
 	res = EFNodeResist(node);