diff --git a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
index 5644c394f7e..5c7f106f6db 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/gnus/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-09-11  Julien Danjou  <julien@danjou.info>
+
+	* gnus-notifications.el (gnus-notifications): Check for nil values in
+	ignored addresses check.
+
 2012-09-10  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* qp.el (quoted-printable-decode-region): Inline+CSE+strength-reduction.
diff --git a/lisp/gnus/gnus-notifications.el b/lisp/gnus/gnus-notifications.el
index f9c2d309a35..5104a56c6e7 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/gnus-notifications.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/gnus-notifications.el
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@ This is typically a function to add in
                                             (or (mail-fetch-field "From") "")))
                        (address (cadr address-components)))
                   ;; Ignore mails from ourselves
-                  (unless (gnus-string-match-p gnus-ignored-from-addresses
-                                               address)
+                  (unless (and gnus-ignored-from-addresses
+                               address
+                               (gnus-string-match-p gnus-ignored-from-addresses
+                                                    address))
                     (let* ((photo-file (gnus-notifications-get-photo-file address))
                            (notification-id (gnus-notifications-notify
                                              (or (car address-components) address)