diff --git a/file-5.14-no-magic.patch b/file-5.14-no-magic.patch
index 139e275..0c46f41 100644
--- a/file-5.14-no-magic.patch
+++ b/file-5.14-no-magic.patch
@@ -11,3 +11,18 @@ index 7fc0e5c..4641c8b 100644
  		file_error(ms, 0, "no magic files loaded");
  		return -1;
  	}
+diff --git a/src/softmagic.c b/src/softmagic.c
+index def1e63..108d419 100644
+--- a/src/softmagic.c
++++ b/src/softmagic.c
+@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ file_softmagic(struct magic_set *ms, const unsigned char *buf, size_t nbytes,
+ {
+ 	struct mlist *ml;
+ 	int rv, printed_something = 0, need_separator = 0;
++
++	if (!ms->mlist[0])
++		return 0;
++
+ 	for (ml = ms->mlist[0]->next; ml != ms->mlist[0]; ml = ml->next)
+ 		if ((rv = match(ms, ml->magic, ml->nmagic, buf, nbytes, 0, mode,
+ 		    text, 0, 0, &printed_something, &need_separator,
diff --git a/file.spec b/file.spec
index 79bcd03..0f7bd41 100644
--- a/file.spec
+++ b/file.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for determining file types
 Name: file
 Version: 5.14
-Release: 8%{?dist}
+Release: 9%{?dist}
 License: BSD
 Group: Applications/File
 Source0: ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/file-%{version}.tar.gz
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ cd python
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 02 2013 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 5.14-9
+- fix #980446 - do not segfault when no magic is loaded
+
 * Mon Jun 17 2013 Jan Kaluza <jkaluza@redhat.com> - 5.14-8
 - replace sitearch with sitelib