diff --git a/findNext.go b/findNext.go
index 67e1759..3ca289a 100644
--- a/findNext.go
+++ b/findNext.go
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@ func setCurrentRepo(check *gitpb.Repo, s string, note string) bool {
 }
 
 func testGoDepsCheckOk(godeps *gitpb.GoDeps, verbose bool) error {
+	if godeps == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	all := godeps.SortByGoPath()
 	for all.Scan() {
 		depRepo := all.Next()