1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/func.c b/src/func.c
index 37f7cd615..1f80392ba 100644
--- a/src/func.c
+++ b/src/func.c
@@ -204,13 +204,14 @@ static void instrFunc(
     if( typeHaystack==SQLITE_BLOB && typeNeedle==SQLITE_BLOB ){
       zHaystack = sqlite3_value_blob(argv[0]);
       zNeedle = sqlite3_value_blob(argv[1]);
+      assert( zNeedle!=0 );
+      assert( zHaystack!=0 || nHaystack==0 );
       isText = 0;
     }else{
       zHaystack = sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]);
       zNeedle = sqlite3_value_text(argv[1]);
       isText = 1;
-      if( zNeedle==0 ) return;
-      assert( zHaystack );
+      if( zHaystack==0 || zNeedle==0 ) return;
     }
     while( nNeedle<=nHaystack && memcmp(zHaystack, zNeedle, nNeedle)!=0 ){
       N++;