--- pegasus/src/Pegasus/Client/CIMOperationRequestEncoder.cpp.obz5048	2006-01-30 11:16:42.000000000 -0500
+++ pegasus/src/Pegasus/Client/CIMOperationRequestEncoder.cpp	2006-05-31 12:14:31.000000000 -0400
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
     _authenticator(authenticator),
     _showOutput(showOutput)
 {
+    dataStore_prt = NULL;
 }
 
 CIMOperationRequestEncoder::~CIMOperationRequestEncoder()
@@ -881,9 +882,11 @@
 	Uint32  contentLength;
 
     http_request->parse(startLine, headers, contentLength);
-    dataStore_prt->setRequestSize(contentLength);
-    dataStore_prt->setStartNetworkTime();
-    
+    if ( dataStore_prt )
+    {
+	dataStore_prt->setRequestSize(contentLength);
+	dataStore_prt->setStartNetworkTime();
+    }
     _outputQueue->enqueue(http_request);
 }