lua: fix NULL dereference and flawed logic
lua: fix NULL dereference and flawed logic

(cherry picked from commit f07b45fc153eb83369db1e5e3db8c45627d62685)

vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1,vlc-mirror/vlc-2.1,jomanmuk/vlc-2.1