diff --git a/src/sys/kernel/syscall.c b/src/sys/kernel/syscall.c
index 5026414..a93b97c 100644
--- a/src/sys/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/src/sys/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -129,7 +129,9 @@
   }
 
 void sysCheckPid(int pid,int *ptr) {
-  *ptr = schedFindTask(pid)->state;
+  kTask_t *tmpTask = scedFindTask(pid);
+  if (tmpTask != 0x0) && ptr != 0x0)
+    *ptr = tmpTask->state;
   return;
   }
 
@@ -209,6 +211,9 @@
 
 /***
  $Log$
+ Revision 1.17  2004/07/19 02:32:21  reddawg
+ sched: we now set task status to dead which then makes the scheduler do some clean it could be some minor overhead but i feel this is our most efficient approach right now to prevent corruption of the queues
+
  Revision 1.16  2004/07/05 23:06:32  reddawg
  Fixens