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-rw-r--r--rlp/encode.go7
-rw-r--r--rlp/encode_test.go1
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rlp/encode.go b/rlp/encode.go
index 9d11d66bf..42bbb876c 100644
--- a/rlp/encode.go
+++ b/rlp/encode.go
@@ -386,7 +386,12 @@ func writeUint(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
}
func writeBigIntPtr(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
- return writeBigInt(val.Interface().(*big.Int), w)
+ ptr := val.Interface().(*big.Int)
+ if ptr == nil {
+ w.str = append(w.str, 0x80)
+ return nil
+ }
+ return writeBigInt(ptr, w)
}
func writeBigIntNoPtr(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
diff --git a/rlp/encode_test.go b/rlp/encode_test.go
index c283fbd57..852cb6f59 100644
--- a/rlp/encode_test.go
+++ b/rlp/encode_test.go
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ var encTests = []encTest{
{val: (*uint)(nil), output: "80"},
{val: (*string)(nil), output: "80"},
{val: (*[]byte)(nil), output: "80"},
+ {val: (*big.Int)(nil), output: "80"},
{val: (*[]string)(nil), output: "C0"},
{val: (*[]interface{})(nil), output: "C0"},
{val: (*[]struct{ uint })(nil), output: "C0"},