diff -Nru ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.1/debian/changelog ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.2/debian/changelog
--- ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.1/debian/changelog	2016-01-08 08:01:26.000000000 +0100
+++ ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.2/debian/changelog	2016-01-12 11:08:07.000000000 +0100
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+ifupdown (0.7.54ubuntu1.2) wily; urgency=medium
+
+  [ Martin Pitt ]
+  * Fix ifquery crash if interface state file does not exist yet.
+    (Closes: #810779, LP: #1532722)
+
+ -- Dariusz Gadomski <dariusz.gadomski@canonical.com>  Tue, 12 Jan 2016 11:07:00 +0100
+
 ifupdown (0.7.54ubuntu1.1) wily; urgency=medium
 
   * Per-interface hierarchical locking. (LP: #1337873)
diff -Nru ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.1/main.c ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.2/main.c
--- ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.1/main.c	2016-01-08 07:58:34.000000000 +0100
+++ ifupdown-0.7.54ubuntu1.2/main.c	2016-01-12 11:08:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@
 		}
 
 		char iface[80], liface[80];
-		char *current_state;
+		char *current_state = NULL;
 
 		strncpy(iface, target_iface[i], sizeof(iface));
 		iface[sizeof(iface) - 1] = '\0';