diff --git a/src/lj_clib.c b/src/lj_clib.c
index 2f11b2e95a..9716684cd1 100644
--- a/src/lj_clib.c
+++ b/src/lj_clib.c
@@ -119,12 +119,13 @@ static void *clib_loadlib(lua_State *L, const char *name, int global)
 		   RTLD_LAZY | (global?RTLD_GLOBAL:RTLD_LOCAL));
   if (!h) {
     const char *e, *err = dlerror();
-    if (*err == '/' && (e = strchr(err, ':')) &&
+    if (err && *err == '/' && (e = strchr(err, ':')) &&
 	(name = clib_resolve_lds(L, strdata(lj_str_new(L, err, e-err))))) {
       h = dlopen(name, RTLD_LAZY | (global?RTLD_GLOBAL:RTLD_LOCAL));
       if (h) return h;
       err = dlerror();
     }
+    if (!err) err = "dlopen failed";
     lj_err_callermsg(L, err);
   }
   return h;
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/CMakeLists.txt b/test/tarantool-tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e3750bf3aa..0bd3e6fc76 100644
--- a/test/tarantool-tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ add_subdirectory(gh-5813-resolving-of-c-symbols/stripped)
 add_subdirectory(gh-6098-fix-side-exit-patching-on-arm64)
 add_subdirectory(gh-6189-cur_L)
 add_subdirectory(lj-416-xor-before-jcc)
+add_subdirectory(lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null)
 add_subdirectory(lj-549-bytecode-loader)
 add_subdirectory(lj-551-bytecode-c-broken-macro)
 add_subdirectory(lj-601-fix-gc-finderrfunc)
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null.test.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null.test.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9f4af6a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null.test.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+local tap = require('tap')
+local test = tap.test('lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null'):skipcond({
+  -- XXX: Unfortunately, it's too hard to overload (or even
+  -- impossible, who knows, since Cupertino fellows do not
+  -- provide any information about their system) something from
+  -- dyld sharing cache (includes the <libdyld.dylib> library
+  -- providing `dlerror()`).
+  -- All in all, this test checks the part that is common for all
+  -- platforms, so it's not vital to run this test on macOS since
+  -- everything can be checked on Linux in a much easier way.
+  ['<dlerror> cannot be overridden on macOS'] = jit.os == 'OSX',
+})
+
+test:plan(1)
+
+-- `makecmd()` runs <%testname%/script.lua> by
+-- `LUAJIT_TEST_BINARY` with the given environment and launch
+-- options.
+local script = require('utils').exec.makecmd(arg, {
+  env = { LD_PRELOAD = 'mydlerror.so' },
+  redirect = '2>&1',
+})
+
+local output = script()
+test:like(output, 'dlopen failed', 'correct error message')
+
+test:done(true)
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/CMakeLists.txt b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..903da4d39d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+BuildTestCLib(mydlerror mydlerror.c)
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/mydlerror.c b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/mydlerror.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89e881e484
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/mydlerror.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+
+char *dlerror(void)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
diff --git a/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/script.lua b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/script.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2f673c9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/tarantool-tests/lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null/script.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+local ffi = require('ffi')
+
+-- Overloaded `dlerror()` returns NULL after trying to load an
+-- unexisting file.
+local res, errmsg = pcall(ffi.load, 'lj-522-fix-dlerror-return-null-unexisted')
+
+assert(not res, 'pcall should fail')
+
+-- Return the error message to be checked by the TAP.
+io.write(errmsg)