diff -Nur fontforge-20100501.orig/fontforge/splineutil.c fontforge-20100501/fontforge/splineutil.c

--- fontforge-20100501.orig/fontforge/splineutil.c	2010-04-21 18:53:25.000000000 -0600

+++ fontforge-20100501/fontforge/splineutil.c	2010-07-16 16:26:34.000000000 -0600

@@ -4629,14 +4629,14 @@

 	if ( r==NULL )

 return( NULL );

 	spl = r->layers[0].splines;

-	r = r->next;

+	do { r = r->next; } while ( r!=NULL && r->layers[0].splines==NULL );

     }

     while ( r!=NULL ) {

 	while ( spl!=NULL && spl->next!=r->layers[0].splines )

 	    spl = spl->next;

 	spl->next = NULL;

 	spl = r->layers[0].splines;

-	r = r->next;

+	do { r = r->next; } while ( r!=NULL && r->layers[0].splines==NULL );

     }

 return( layer->splines );

 }