Fixes possible NullReferenceException

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
index df493b4c3..a0a471cb2 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/HttpServer/HttpResultFactory.cs
@@ -112,12 +112,15 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
         /// </summary>
         private IHasHeaders GetHttpResult(IRequest requestContext, byte[] content, string contentType, bool addCachePrevention, IDictionary<string, string> responseHeaders = null)
         {
-            IHasHeaders result;
-
-            var compressionType = requestContext == null ? null : GetCompressionType(requestContext, content, contentType);
+            string compressionType = null;
+            bool isHeadRequest = false;
 
-            var isHeadRequest = string.Equals(requestContext.Verb, "head", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            if (requestContext != null) {
+                compressionType = GetCompressionType(requestContext, content, contentType);
+                isHeadRequest = string.Equals(requestContext.Verb, "head", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+            }
 
+            IHasHeaders result;
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(compressionType))
             {
                 var contentLength = content.Length;
@@ -791,4 +794,4 @@ namespace Emby.Server.Implementations.HttpServer
     {
         byte[] Compress(byte[] content);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}