1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/commit.c b/commit.c
index 3fe5f8fa9c..40890ae7ce 100644
--- a/commit.c
+++ b/commit.c
@@ -358,7 +358,8 @@ struct tree *repo_get_commit_tree(struct repository *r,
 
 struct object_id *get_commit_tree_oid(const struct commit *commit)
 {
-	return &get_commit_tree(commit)->object.oid;
+	struct tree *tree = get_commit_tree(commit);
+	return tree ? &tree->object.oid : NULL;
 }
 
 void release_commit_memory(struct parsed_object_pool *pool, struct commit *c)