diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index da6d27c..2328e43 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [Changes 1.2c01]
 
+* Skip malformed abots.sav entries in read_abot(), avoiding null
+  dereferences found by Coverity. (flashback)
+
 * Ensure proper handling of % when /FSET DCC is used. (caf)
 
 * Improve robustness of CDCC save file loading. (caf)
diff --git a/dll/abot/autobot.c b/dll/abot/autobot.c
index d62116a..d736ed6 100644
--- a/dll/abot/autobot.c
+++ b/dll/abot/autobot.c
@@ -198,8 +198,12 @@ UserList *new;
 			chop(buffer, 1);
 			u = buffer;
 			h = strchr(u, '!');
+			if (!h)
+				continue;
 			*h++ = 0;
 			p = strchr(h, ',');
+			if (!p)
+				continue;
 			*p++ = 0;
 			if ((c = strchr(p, ',')))
 				*c++ = 0;