diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 098a4e50..dabdedaf 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ NEWS
   * show extforward re-run warning only with debug.log-request-handling (fixes #2561)
   * parse If-None-Match for ETag validation (fixes #2578)
   * fix memory leak in mod_status when no counters are set (found by coverity)
+  * [mod_magnet] fix segfault when accessing not existing lighty.req_env[] entry (found by coverity)
 
 - 1.4.35 - 2014-03-12
   * [network/ssl] fix build error if TLSEXT is disabled
diff --git a/src/mod_magnet.c b/src/mod_magnet.c
index 0d99fdf9..5a72ff15 100644
--- a/src/mod_magnet.c
+++ b/src/mod_magnet.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static int magnet_cgi_get(lua_State *L) {
 	lua_pop(L, 1);
 
 	ds = (data_string *)array_get_element(con->environment, key);
-	if (!buffer_is_empty(ds->value))
+	if (NULL != ds && !buffer_is_empty(ds->value))
 		lua_pushlstring(L, CONST_BUF_LEN(ds->value));
 	else
 		lua_pushnil(L);