Index: gettext.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/src/lib/libintl/gettext.c,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -r1.25 gettext.c
--- gettext.c	25 Sep 2007 08:19:09 -0000	1.25
+++ gettext.c	19 Jan 2012 17:49:15 -0000
@@ -624,7 +624,8 @@
 		if (v)
 			*v = '\0';
 	}
-	if (_gettext_parse_plural(&mohandle->mo.mo_plural,
+	if (!mohandle->mo.mo_header ||
+	   _gettext_parse_plural(&mohandle->mo.mo_plural,
 				  &mohandle->mo.mo_nplurals,
 				  mohandle->mo.mo_header, headerlen))
 		mohandle->mo.mo_plural = NULL;