Index: res/res_jabber.c
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--- res/res_jabber.c	(revision 325993)
+++ res/res_jabber.c	(working copy)
@@ -3458,7 +3458,14 @@
 	iks_insert_attrib(state, "xmlns", "http://asterisk.org");
 	iks_insert_attrib(state, "eid", eid_str);
 	iks_insert_cdata(state, device_state, strlen(device_state));
-	ast_aji_send(client, iks_root(request));
+	
+	/* check that the client is connected or else iksemel segfaults */
+	if (client->state == AJI_CONNECTED) {
+                ast_aji_send(client, iks_root(request));
+        } else {
+		ast_log(LOG_WARNING, "JABBER: Not connected, unable to send device state to PubSub node on %s\n", client->name);
+	}
+
 	iks_delete(request);
 }