Index: res/res_config_curl.c
===================================================================
--- res/res_config_curl.c	(revision 296991)
+++ res/res_config_curl.c	(working copy)
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@
 				return NULL;
 		}
 
-		if (strcmp(category, cur_cat) || last_cat_metric != cat_metric) {
+		if (!cat || strcmp(category, cur_cat) || last_cat_metric != cat_metric) {
 			if (!(cat = ast_category_new(category, "", 99999)))
 				break;
 			cur_cat = category;