diff --git a/src/wmmgr.cc b/src/wmmgr.cc
index a3ed25287..5a59f689a 100644
--- a/src/wmmgr.cc
+++ b/src/wmmgr.cc
@@ -1086,7 +1086,7 @@ void YWindowManager::setFocus(YFrameWindow *f, bool canWarp, bool reorder) {
     } else if (f && c && w == c) {
         MSG(("%lX Focus 0x%lX client %s",
              xapp->getEventTime("focus1"), w->handle(), f->getTitle().c_str()));
-    } else {
+    } else if (w) {
         MSG(("%lX Focus 0x%lX",
              xapp->getEventTime("focus1"), w->handle()));
     }