--- lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.c.crash	2005-01-06 17:03:09.658969996 +0000
+++ lynx2-8-5/src/HTML.c	2005-01-06 17:07:24.096481825 +0000
@@ -7001,7 +7001,7 @@
 
     case HTML_SELECT:
 	{
-	    char *ptr;
+	    char *ptr = NULL;
 
 	    /*
 	     *	Make sure we had a select start tag.
@@ -7041,13 +7041,15 @@
 	    /*
 	     *	Finish the previous option.
 	     */
-	    ptr = HText_setLastOptionValue(me->text,
-					   me->option.data,
-					   me->LastOptionValue,
-					   LAST_ORDER,
-					   me->LastOptionChecked,
-					   me->UCLYhndl,
-					   ATTR_CS_IN);
+	    if (!me->first_option)
+		    ptr = HText_setLastOptionValue(me->text,
+						   me->option.data,
+						   me->LastOptionValue,
+						   LAST_ORDER,
+						   me->LastOptionChecked,
+						   me->UCLYhndl,
+						   ATTR_CS_IN);
+
 	    FREE(me->LastOptionValue);
 
 	    me->LastOptionChecked = FALSE;