diff --git a/ChangeLog.adoc b/ChangeLog.adoc
index 8ef88fd64..694fc38c4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.adoc
+++ b/ChangeLog.adoc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ https://weechat.org/files/releasenotes/ReleaseNotes-devel.html[release notes]
 
 Bug fixes::
 
+  * buflist: fix crash in auto-scroll of bar when the buflist item is not the first item in the bar
   * logger: call strftime before replacing buffer local variables
 
 [[v1.9]]
diff --git a/src/plugins/buflist/buflist-bar-item.c b/src/plugins/buflist/buflist-bar-item.c
index 6abfb64ab..d60ecfb45 100644
--- a/src/plugins/buflist/buflist-bar-item.c
+++ b/src/plugins/buflist/buflist-bar-item.c
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ buflist_bar_item_bar_can_scroll (struct t_gui_bar *bar)
     if (!items_subcount || (items_subcount[0] <= 0))
         return 0;
     items_name = weechat_hdata_pointer (buflist_hdata_bar, bar, "items_name");
-    if (!items_name || (strcmp (items_name[0][0], BUFLIST_BAR_ITEM_NAME) != 0))
+    if (!items_name || !items_name[0] || !items_name[0][0]
+        || (strcmp (items_name[0][0], BUFLIST_BAR_ITEM_NAME) != 0))
+    {
         return 0;
+    }
 
     /* OK, bar can be scrolled! */
     return 1;