1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc b/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc
index 5349a2a8..f45c00c6 100644
--- a/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc
+++ b/libqpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.cc
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Dictionary.hh>
 
+#include <qpdf/QPDFObject_private.hh>
 #include <qpdf/QPDF_Name.hh>
 
+using namespace std::literals;
+
 QPDF_Dictionary::QPDF_Dictionary(
     std::map<std::string, QPDFObjectHandle> const& items) :
     QPDFValue(::ot_dictionary, "dictionary"),
@@ -98,10 +101,8 @@ QPDF_Dictionary::getKey(std::string const& key)
         return item->second;
     } else {
         auto null = QPDFObjectHandle::newNull();
-        if (qpdf != nullptr) {
-            null.setObjectDescription(
-                qpdf, getDescription() + " -> dictionary key " + key);
-        }
+        static auto constexpr msg = " -> dictionary key $VD"sv;
+        null.getObj()->setChildDescription(shared_from_this(), msg, key);
         return null;
     }
 }