diff --git a/OdbcDesc.cpp b/OdbcDesc.cpp
index fcd51e1f..2f264a0d 100644
--- a/OdbcDesc.cpp
+++ b/OdbcDesc.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ SQLRETURN OdbcDesc::operator =(OdbcDesc &sour)
 
 	for ( int n = 0 ; n <= headCount ; n++ )
 	{
-		DescRecord *srcrec = sour.records[n];
+		// sour.records is NULL for an empty source — guard like the other loops in this file.
+		DescRecord *srcrec = sour.records ? sour.records[n] : NULL;
 		DescRecord &rec = *getDescRecord ( n );
 
 		if ( srcrec )
diff --git a/tests/test_phase7_crusher_fixes.cpp b/tests/test_phase7_crusher_fixes.cpp
index 2306141e..4ef5151f 100644
--- a/tests/test_phase7_crusher_fixes.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_phase7_crusher_fixes.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 class CopyDescCrashTest : public OdbcConnectedTest {};
 
 TEST_F(CopyDescCrashTest, CopyEmptyARDDoesNotCrash) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Requires Phase 7: ODBC Crusher-identified bug fixes (not yet merged)";
     // Allocate two statements with no bindings (empty ARDs)
     SQLHSTMT stmt1 = AllocExtraStmt();
     SQLHSTMT stmt2 = AllocExtraStmt();
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ TEST_F(CopyDescCrashTest, CopyEmptyARDDoesNotCrash) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(CopyDescCrashTest, CopyEmptyToExplicitDescriptor) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Requires Phase 7: ODBC Crusher-identified bug fixes (not yet merged)";
     // Allocate an explicit descriptor
     SQLHDESC hExplicit = SQL_NULL_HDESC;
     SQLRETURN ret = SQLAllocHandle(SQL_HANDLE_DESC, hDbc, &hExplicit);
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ TEST_F(CopyDescCrashTest, CopyEmptyToExplicitDescriptor) {
 }
 
 TEST_F(CopyDescCrashTest, CopyPopulatedThenEmpty) {
-    GTEST_SKIP() << "Requires Phase 7: ODBC Crusher-identified bug fixes (not yet merged)";
     // First, populate an explicit descriptor by copying a populated ARD
     SQLINTEGER val = 0;
     SQLLEN ind = 0;