From 97472e374f821f71e94cdebdfe7fff6f0bd837c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:47:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Return early if connect construct cell, reported by Jere
 Viikari.

---
 layout-custom.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/layout-custom.c b/layout-custom.c
index 0dc1abc1..0fc3f5d1 100644
--- a/layout-custom.c
+++ b/layout-custom.c
@@ -379,6 +379,8 @@ layout_construct(struct layout_cell *lcparent, const char **layout,
 	struct layout_cell	*lcchild;
 
 	*lc = layout_construct_cell(lcparent, layout);
+	if (*lc == NULL)
+		return (-1);
 
 	switch (**layout) {
 	case ',':