diff --git a/result/schematron/zvon16_0.err b/result/schematron/zvon16_0.err
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..465cf2eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result/schematron/zvon16_0.err
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+xmlSchematronParse: could not load './test/schematron/zvon16.sct'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/schematron.c b/schematron.c
index 5c1a27bf1..d33755e6d 100644
--- a/schematron.c
+++ b/schematron.c
@@ -1453,6 +1453,8 @@ xmlSchematronFormatReport(xmlSchematronValidCtxtPtr ctxt,
             select = xmlGetNoNsProp(child, BAD_CAST "select");
             comp = xmlXPathCtxtCompile(ctxt->xctxt, select);
             eval = xmlXPathCompiledEval(comp, ctxt->xctxt);
+            if (eval == NULL)
+                return ret;
 
             switch (eval->type) {
             case XPATH_NODESET: {
diff --git a/test/schematron/zvon16.sct b/test/schematron/zvon16.sct
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d24c0541
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/schematron/zvon16.sct
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<sch:schema xmlns:sch="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"
+	<sch:pattern id="TestPattern">
+		<sch:rule context="book">
+			<sch:report test="not(@available)">Book <sch:value-of select="falae()"/> test</sch:report>
+		</sch:rule>
+	</sch:pattern>
+</sch:schema>
diff --git a/test/schematron/zvon16_0.xml b/test/schematron/zvon16_0.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..551e2d654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/schematron/zvon16_0.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<library>
+	<book title="Test Book" id="bk101">
+		<author>Test Author</author>
+	</book>
+</library>