diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_h323.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_h323.c
index 518f581d39ec..853a3d512c60 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_h323.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_helper_h323.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ static struct ip_conntrack_expect *find_expect(struct ip_conntrack *ct,
 	tuple.dst.protonum = IPPROTO_TCP;
 
 	exp = __ip_conntrack_expect_find(&tuple);
-	if (exp->master == ct)
+	if (exp && exp->master == ct)
 		return exp;
 	return NULL;
 }