diff --git a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
index 8066f08732..a30ca1366f 100644
--- a/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
+++ b/src/lib/evas/canvas/evas_object_textblock.c
@@ -757,13 +757,16 @@ _style_match_tag(const Evas_Textblock_Style *ts, const char *s, size_t tag_len,
    Evas_Object_Style_Tag *tag;
 
    /* Try the style tags */
-   EINA_INLIST_FOREACH(ts->tags, tag)
+   if (ts)
      {
-        if (tag->tag.tag_len != tag_len) continue;
-        if (!strncmp(tag->tag.tag, s, tag_len))
+        EINA_INLIST_FOREACH(ts->tags, tag)
           {
-             *replace_len = tag->tag.replace_len;
-             return tag->tag.replace;
+             if (tag->tag.tag_len != tag_len) continue;
+             if (!strncmp(tag->tag.tag, s, tag_len))
+               {
+                  *replace_len = tag->tag.replace_len;
+                  return tag->tag.replace;
+               }
           }
      }
 
diff --git a/src/tests/evas/evas_test_textblock.c b/src/tests/evas/evas_test_textblock.c
index 63da9028e8..1473f99354 100644
--- a/src/tests/evas/evas_test_textblock.c
+++ b/src/tests/evas/evas_test_textblock.c
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@ START_TEST(evas_textblock_simple)
    const char *buf = "Th<i>i</i>s is a <br/> te<b>s</b>t.";
    evas_object_textblock_text_markup_set(tb, buf);
    fail_if(strcmp(evas_object_textblock_text_markup_get(tb), buf));
+
+   /* Set markup text(includes tag) without setting style */
+   Evas_Object *tb2 = evas_object_textblock_add(evas);
+   fail_if(!tb2);
+   evas_object_textblock_text_markup_set(tb2, buf);
+   ck_assert("Crash Not occurred");
+   evas_object_del(tb2);
+
    END_TB_TEST();
 }
 END_TEST