From b2ef016f1a5cd543c753d9823631a7fcdd593826 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JoelKatz <DavidJoelSchwartz@GMail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:12:35 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't crash on missing root node.

---
 src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp b/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
index 6d4e33abd..06b93cd1c 100644
--- a/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
+++ b/src/cpp/ripple/ripple_SHAMap.cpp
@@ -884,9 +884,10 @@ bool SHAMap::fetchRoot (uint256 const& hash, SHAMapSyncFilter* filter)
             WriteLog (lsTRACE, SHAMap) << "Fetch root SHAMap node " << hash;
     }
 
-    root = fetchNodeExternalNT (SHAMapNode (), hash);
-
-    if (!root)
+    Ledger::pointer newRoot = fetchNodeExternalNT(SHAMapNode(), hash);
+    if (newRoot)
+    	root = newRoot;
+	else
     {
         Blob nodeData;