diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 58290393..503f7707 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -8828,7 +8828,7 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Empty adaptation field TS packets are now skipped when recording (thanks to
   Christopher Reimer, based on the "AFFcleaner" by Stefan Pöschel).
 
-2016-11-07: Version 2.3.2
+2016-12-08: Version 2.3.2
 
 - Fixed a crash when deleting a recording (reported by Oliver Endriss).
 - Fixed an overflow of PIDs in a receiver (thanks to Robert Hannebauer).
@@ -8837,3 +8837,5 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - The function SetCurrentChannel(const cChannel *Channel) is now deprecated and
   may be removed in a future version. Use SetCurrentChannel(int ChannelNumber)
   instead.
+- The SVDRP command DELC now refuses to delete the very last channel in the list,
+  to avoid ending up with an empty channel list.
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index 1a24d296..81768e3e 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 4.9 2015/09/14 13:23:06 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 4.10 2016/12/08 09:51:02 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "svdrp.h"
@@ -1228,6 +1228,10 @@ void cSVDRPServer::CmdDELC(const char *Option)
               int n = Channels->GetNextNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
               if (n < 0)
                  n = Channels->GetPrevNormal(CurrentChannel->Index());
+              if (n < 0) {
+                 Reply(501, "Can't delete channel \"%s\" - list would be empty", Option);
+                 return;
+                 }
               CurrentChannel = Channels->Get(n);
               CurrentChannelNr = 0; // triggers channel switch below
               }