diff --git a/ircd/m/event.cc b/ircd/m/event.cc
index 899840e93..7cf28db7b 100644
--- a/ircd/m/event.cc
+++ b/ircd/m/event.cc
@@ -1664,7 +1664,8 @@ ircd::m::event::fetch::fetch(const event::idx &event_idx,
 	opts
 }
 {
-	seek(*this, event_idx, std::nothrow, opts);
+	if(likely(event_idx))
+		seek(*this, event_idx, std::nothrow, opts);
 }
 
 //