diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_load.c b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_load.c
index b63cd888d5..fc2aea3920 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_load.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_load.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ edje_file_group_exists(const char *file, const char *glob)
    Eina_Bool is_glob = EINA_FALSE;
    const char *p;
 
-   if ((!file) || (!*file))
+   if ((!file) || (!*file) || (!glob))
       return EINA_FALSE;
 
    edf = _edje_cache_file_coll_open(file, NULL, &error_ret, NULL);