diff --git a/src/syntax.c b/src/syntax.c
index b2108e4..80546bb 100644
--- a/src/syntax.c
+++ b/src/syntax.c
@@ -6704,8 +6704,10 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    /* sort on total time */
-    qsort(ga.ga_data, (size_t)ga.ga_len, sizeof(time_entry_T),
+    /* Sort on total time. Skip if there are no items to avoid passing NULL
+     * pointer to qsort(). */
+    if (ga.ga_len > 1)
+	qsort(ga.ga_data, (size_t)ga.ga_len, sizeof(time_entry_T),
 							 syn_compare_syntime);
 
     MSG_PUTS_TITLE(_("  TOTAL      COUNT  MATCH   SLOWEST     AVERAGE   NAME               PATTERN"));