diff --git a/src/ar.c b/src/ar.c
index 3bcb18fe827b6c01c6b088c6e20b7680cf4e72e7..1a76cbc6c44df53f963fe936aaf5e454ca3bc668 100644
--- a/src/ar.c
+++ b/src/ar.c
@@ -494,6 +494,8 @@ do_oper_extract (int oper, const char *arfname, char **argv, int argc,
   while ((subelf = elf_begin (fd, cmd, elf)) != NULL)
     {
       Elf_Arhdr *arhdr = elf_getarhdr (subelf);
+      if (arhdr == NULL)
+        goto next;
 
       if (strcmp (arhdr->ar_name, "/") == 0)
 	{
@@ -939,6 +941,8 @@ do_oper_delete (const char *arfname, char **argv, int argc,
   while ((subelf = elf_begin (fd, cmd, elf)) != NULL)
     {
       Elf_Arhdr *arhdr = elf_getarhdr (subelf);
+      if (arhdr == NULL)
+        goto next;
 
       /* Ignore the symbol table and the long file name table here.  */
       if (strcmp (arhdr->ar_name, "/") == 0
@@ -1148,6 +1152,8 @@ do_oper_insert (int oper, const char *arfname, char **argv, int argc,
   while ((subelf = elf_begin (fd, cmd, elf)) != NULL)
     {
       Elf_Arhdr *arhdr = elf_getarhdr (subelf);
+      if (arhdr == NULL)
+        goto next;
 
       /* Ignore the symbol table and the long file name table here.  */
       if (strcmp (arhdr->ar_name, "/") == 0