diff --git a/src/ssb.tests.c b/src/ssb.tests.c
index 2b167c41..5b942fc8 100644
--- a/src/ssb.tests.c
+++ b/src/ssb.tests.c
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ void tf_ssb_test_cli(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 
 	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s get_sequence -i %s -d out/test_db0.sqlite", options->exe_path, id);
 	char* sequence = _trim(_subprocess_check_output(command));
-	if (strcmp(sequence, "2") != 0)
+	if (!sequence || strcmp(sequence, "2") != 0)
 	{
 		tf_printf("sequence = %s (expected 1)\n", sequence);
 		abort();
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ void tf_ssb_test_cli(const tf_test_options_t* options)
 	snprintf(command, sizeof(command), "%s get_profile -i %s -d out/test_db0.sqlite", options->exe_path, id);
 	char* profile = _trim(_subprocess_check_output(command));
 	const char* k_expected_profile = "{\"name\":\"test_user\"}";
-	if (strcmp(profile, k_expected_profile) != 0)
+	if (!profile || strcmp(profile, k_expected_profile) != 0)
 	{
 		tf_printf("profile = %s (expected \"%s\")\n", profile, k_expected_profile);
 		abort();