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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/sources/scala/tools/nsc/Main.scala b/sources/scala/tools/nsc/Main.scala
index b3b314a783..8403dc954d 100755
--- a/sources/scala/tools/nsc/Main.scala
+++ b/sources/scala/tools/nsc/Main.scala
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ object Main {
     val in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
     System.out.print(prompt);
     var line = in.readLine();
-    while (line.length() > 0) {
+    while (line != null && line.length() > 0) {
       val args = List.fromString(line, ' ');
       val command = new CompilerCommand(args, error, true);
       compiler.compile(command.files);