Index: src/libct.c
===================================================================
--- src/libct.c	(revision 3881)
+++ src/libct.c	(working copy)
@@ -462,6 +462,12 @@
 	struct list_head *i;
 	struct ctproto_handler *cur = NULL, *handler = NULL;
 
+	/* This protocol has no handler, use generic and we are done */
+	if (!name) {
+		handler = &generic_handler;
+		return handler;
+	}
+
 	list_for_each(i, &proto_list) {
 		cur = (struct ctproto_handler *) i;
 		if (strcmp(cur->name, name) == 0) {