diff --git a/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php b/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
index 37ccea748f1..58c1179e1c0 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/class/utils.class.php
@@ -291,18 +291,20 @@ class Utils
 				$ok=0;
 				dol_syslog("Run command ".$fullcommandcrypted);
 				$handlein = popen($fullcommandclear, 'r');
-				$i=0;
-				while (!feof($handlein))
-				{
-					$i++;   // output line number
-					$read = fgets($handlein);
-					// Exclude warning line we don't want
-					if ($i == 1 && preg_match('/Warning.*Using a password/i', $read)) continue;
-					fwrite($handle,$read);
-					if (preg_match('/'.preg_quote('-- Dump completed').'/i',$read)) $ok=1;
-					elseif (preg_match('/'.preg_quote('SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES').'/i',$read)) $ok=1;
+				if ($handlein) {
+					$i=0;
+					while (!feof($handlein))
+					{
+						$i++;   // output line number
+						$read = fgets($handlein);
+						// Exclude warning line we don't want
+						if ($i == 1 && preg_match('/Warning.*Using a password/i', $read)) continue;
+						fwrite($handle,$read);
+						if (preg_match('/'.preg_quote('-- Dump completed').'/i',$read)) $ok=1;
+						elseif (preg_match('/'.preg_quote('SET SQL_NOTES=@OLD_SQL_NOTES').'/i',$read)) $ok=1;
+					}
+					pclose($handlein);
 				}
-				pclose($handlein);
 
 				if ($compression == 'none') fclose($handle);
 				if ($compression == 'gz')   gzclose($handle);