2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/perl-install/install/NEWS b/perl-install/install/NEWS
index 8332e0c39..6f2ea446e 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/NEWS
+++ b/perl-install/install/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+- fix a crash when package state is empty (mga#5487)
 - when selecting where ro install bootloader, display mountpoint if
   available, and size+fs_type if we have nothing (mga#5460)
 
diff --git a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
index 77aaebf9c..266c0a5b9 100644
--- a/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
+++ b/perl-install/install/pkgs.pm
@@ -279,8 +279,11 @@ sub _resolve_requested_and_check {
 
     my @l = $packages->resolve_requested($packages->{rpmdb}, $state, $requested,
 					 callback_choices => \&packageCallbackChoices, no_suggests => $::o->{no_suggests});
-    my @new_ids = map { $packages->{depslist}[$_]->id } grep { $state->{selected}{$_}{suggested} } keys $state->{selected};
-    @suggested_package_ids = uniq(@suggested_package_ids, @new_ids);
+
+    if (!is_empty_hash_ref($state->{selected})) {
+        my @new_ids = map { $packages->{depslist}[$_]->id } grep { $state->{selected}{$_}{suggested} } keys $state->{selected};
+        @suggested_package_ids = uniq(@suggested_package_ids, @new_ids);
+    }
 
     my $error;
     if (find { !exists $state->{selected}{$_} } keys %$requested) {