--- lynx2-8-1/src/LYCookie.c.cookiefoo	Mon Mar 29 16:29:20 1999
+++ lynx2-8-1/src/LYCookie.c	Mon Mar 29 17:58:15 1999
@@ -2024,6 +2024,7 @@
     }
 
     cookie_handle = LYNewTxtFile (cookie_file);
+    if (cookie_handle == NULL) return;
     for (dl = domain_list; dl != NULL; dl = dl->next) {
 	de = dl->object;
 	if (de == NULL)