diff --git a/coreapi/proxy.c b/coreapi/proxy.c
index fb8519c32..409ddb4a3 100644
--- a/coreapi/proxy.c
+++ b/coreapi/proxy.c
@@ -275,13 +275,13 @@ int linphone_proxy_config_set_route(LinphoneProxyConfig *obj, const char *route)
 
 bool_t linphone_proxy_config_check(LinphoneCore *lc, LinphoneProxyConfig *obj){
 	if (obj->reg_proxy==NULL){
-		if (lc->vtable.display_warning)
+		if (lc && lc->vtable.display_warning)
 			lc->vtable.display_warning(lc,_("The sip proxy address you entered is invalid, it must start with \"sip:\""
 						" followed by a hostname."));
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	if (obj->reg_identity==NULL){
-		if (lc->vtable.display_warning)
+		if (lc && lc->vtable.display_warning)
 			lc->vtable.display_warning(lc,_("The sip identity you entered is invalid.\nIt should look like "
 					"sip:username@proxydomain, such as sip:alice@example.net"));
 		return FALSE;
diff --git a/tester/setup_tester.c b/tester/setup_tester.c
index 760cdf6bd..546042714 100644
--- a/tester/setup_tester.c
+++ b/tester/setup_tester.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ void linphone_proxy_config_address_equal_test() {
 void linphone_proxy_config_is_server_config_changed_test() {
 	LinphoneProxyConfig* proxy_config = linphone_proxy_config_new();
 
+	linphone_proxy_config_done(proxy_config); /*test done without edit*/
+
 	linphone_proxy_config_set_identity(proxy_config,"sip:toto@titi");
 	linphone_proxy_config_edit(proxy_config);
 	linphone_proxy_config_set_identity(proxy_config,"sips:toto@titi");