(legacy) from crash reports, Warning: Illegal string offset 'vip' in...

(legacy) from crash reports, Warning: Illegal string offset 'vip' in /usr/local/etc/inc/xmlrpc/legacy.inc on line 304

src/etc/inc/xmlrpc/legacy.inc

@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ function restore_config_section_xmlrpc($new_config)
     if (isset($new_config['virtualip']['vip'])) {
         $carp_setuped = false;
         $anyproxyarp = false;
+        if (isset($config['virtualip']['vip'])) {
           foreach ($config['virtualip']['vip'] as $vip) {
               if ($vip['mode'] == "carp" && isset($oldvips["{$vip['interface']}_vip{$vip['vhid']}"])) {
                   if ($oldvips["{$vip['interface']}_vip{$vip['vhid']}"] == "{$vip['password']}{$vip['advskew']}{$vip['subnet']}{$vip['subnet_bits']}{$vip['advbase']}") {
@@ -335,6 +336,7 @@ function restore_config_section_xmlrpc($new_config)
                       break;
               }
           }
+        }
         if ($carp_setuped) {
             interfaces_carp_setup();
         }