diff -up mc-4.6.2-pre1/src/util.c.hintchk mc-4.6.2-pre1/src/util.c

--- mc-4.6.2-pre1/src/util.c.hintchk	2008-03-27 12:39:54.000000000 +0100

+++ mc-4.6.2-pre1/src/util.c	2008-03-27 12:46:39.000000000 +0100

@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@ load_mc_home_file (const char *filename,

     if (hintfile != hintfile_base)

 	g_free (hintfile_base);

+    if (!data) {

+	g_free(hintfile);

+	return NULL;

+    }

+

     if (allocated_filename)

 	*allocated_filename = hintfile;

     else