diff --git a/src/bookmarks/backend/xbel.c b/src/bookmarks/backend/xbel.c
index 114ddc1a1..69eed05ba 100644
--- a/src/bookmarks/backend/xbel.c
+++ b/src/bookmarks/backend/xbel.c
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ xbeltree_to_bookmarks_list(struct tree_node *node,
 
 			tmp = add_bookmark(current_parent, 0,
 					   /* The <title> element is optional */
-					   title ? title->text
+					   title && title->text ? title->text
 						 : (unsigned char *) gettext("No title"),
 					   /* XXX: The href attribute isn't optional but
 					    * we don't validate the source XML yet, so
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ xbeltree_to_bookmarks_list(struct tree_node *node,
 			title = get_child(node, "title");
 
 			tmp = add_bookmark(current_parent, 0,
-					   title ? title->text
+					   title && title->text ? title->text
 						 : (unsigned char *) gettext("No title"),
 					   NULL);