diff --git a/src/rtext.c b/src/rtext.c
index 52938e3d2..009aba044 100644
--- a/src/rtext.c
+++ b/src/rtext.c
@@ -1891,6 +1891,7 @@ void TextAppend(char *text, const char *append, int *position)
 int TextFindIndex(const char *text, const char *search)
 {
     int position = -1;
+    if (text == NULL) return position;
 
     char *ptr = (char *)strstr(text, search);