diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ab4f80198c..ce0fc84119 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Wed Jul 30 11:18:50 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
+
+	* src/qemu_driver.c: patch from Guido Günther, interface stats should
+	  not crash on interfaces without an ifname.
+
 Wed Jul 30 10:51:12 CEST 2008 Daniel Veillard <veillard@redhat.com>
 
 	* src/storage_backend_logical.c: patch from David Lively fixing
diff --git a/src/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu_driver.c
index b8fd11c857..9d661d22bc 100644
--- a/src/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu_driver.c
@@ -3242,7 +3242,7 @@ qemudDomainInterfaceStats (virDomainPtr dom,
 
     /* Check the path is one of the domain's network interfaces. */
     for (net = vm->def->nets; net; net = net->next) {
-        if (STREQ (net->ifname, path))
+        if (net->ifname && STREQ (net->ifname, path))
             goto ok;
     }