diff --git a/awesome-client.c b/awesome-client.c
index 9b72a2aa..d304352c 100644
--- a/awesome-client.c
+++ b/awesome-client.c
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ main()
     csfd = get_client_socket();
     addr = get_client_addr();
 
+    if(!addr || csfd < 0)
+        return EXIT_FAILURE;
+
     while(fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), stdin))
         if(sendto(csfd, buf, a_strlen(buf), MSG_NOSIGNAL,
                   (const struct sockaddr *) addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_un)) == -1)