--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/init.c 2013-01-28 01:37:27.339300867 -0800

+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/sh/init.c 2013-01-28 01:39:31.614342117 -0800

@@ -278,8 +278,11 @@

static void put_history(register Namval_t* np,const char *val,int flags,Namfun_t *fp)

{

Shell_t *shp = nv_shell(np);

- void *histopen = shp->gd->hist_ptr;

+ void *histopen = NULL;

char *cp;

+ if( shp ) {

+ histopen = shp->gd->hist_ptr;

+ }

if(val && histopen)

{

if(np==HISTFILE && (cp=nv_getval(np)) && strcmp(val,cp)==0)