diff --git a/coreapi/presence.c b/coreapi/presence.c
index 12fb8f834..30d986c2f 100644
--- a/coreapi/presence.c
+++ b/coreapi/presence.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,7 @@ static int process_pidf_xml_presence_service_notes(xmlparsing_context_t *xml_ctx
 static int process_pidf_xml_presence_services(xmlparsing_context_t *xml_ctx, LinphonePresenceModel *model) {
 	char xpath_str[MAX_XPATH_LENGTH];
 	xmlXPathObjectPtr service_object;
+	xmlXPathObjectPtr pidfonline_object;
 	LinphonePresenceService *service;
 	const char *basic_status_str;
 	const char *service_id_str;
@@ -1256,7 +1257,9 @@ static int process_pidf_xml_presence_services(xmlparsing_context_t *xml_ctx, Lin
 			}
 
 			snprintf(xpath_str, sizeof(xpath_str), "%s[%i]/pidf:status/pidfonline:online", service_prefix, i);
-			if (linphone_get_xml_xpath_object_for_node_list(xml_ctx, xpath_str) != NULL) {
+			if ((pidfonline_object = linphone_get_xml_xpath_object_for_node_list(xml_ctx, xpath_str)) != NULL
+				&& pidfonline_object->nodesetval
+				&& pidfonline_object->nodesetval->nodeNr >0) {
 				model->is_online = TRUE;
 			}