diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index c0d44ebf4..254ab3822 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Bug fixes::
   * api: fix crash in function string_split_command() when the separator is not a semicolon (issue #731)
   * irc: fix NULL pointer dereference in 734 command callback (issue #738)
   * relay: return an empty hdata when the requested hdata or pointer is not found (issue #767)
+  * xfer: fix crash on DCC send if option xfer.file.auto_accept_nicks is set (issue #781)
 
 Documentation::
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer.c b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer.c
index 2032a29f6..7ffd7cf5b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/xfer/xfer.c
+++ b/src/plugins/xfer/xfer.c
@@ -823,7 +823,8 @@ xfer_new (const char *plugin_name, const char *plugin_id,
      * auto-accept file/chat if nick is auto-accepted, or if file/chat is
      * auto-accepted
      */
-    if (xfer_nick_auto_accepted (new_xfer->plugin_id, new_xfer->remote_nick)
+    if ((XFER_IS_RECV(type)
+         && xfer_nick_auto_accepted (new_xfer->plugin_id, new_xfer->remote_nick))
         || ((type == XFER_TYPE_FILE_RECV)
             && weechat_config_boolean (xfer_config_file_auto_accept_files))
         || ((type == XFER_TYPE_CHAT_RECV)