diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
index 839d2922a75..0e9f0bbd6e9 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ The version number for this package has increased due to a version update of a r
 - Fix hierarchicalbox gizmo outside facing check in symetry or homothety mode no longer move the center
 - Fix artifacts on Adreno 630 GPUs when using ACES Tonemapping
 - Fixed a null ref in the volume component list when there is no volume components in the project.
+- Fixed issue with volume manager trying to access a null volume.
 
 ### Changed
 - Restored usage of ENABLE_VR to fix compilation errors on some platforms.
diff --git a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Volume/VolumeManager.cs b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Volume/VolumeManager.cs
index 2f8d2e483d2..d0dd19d3cc9 100644
--- a/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Volume/VolumeManager.cs
+++ b/com.unity.render-pipelines.core/Runtime/Volume/VolumeManager.cs
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ public void Register(Volume volume, int layer)
             // Look for existing cached layer masks and add it there if needed
             foreach (var kvp in m_SortedVolumes)
             {
-                if ((kvp.Key & (1 << layer)) != 0)
+                // We add the volume to sorted lists only if the layer match and if it doesn't contain the volume already.
+                if ((kvp.Key & (1 << layer)) != 0 && !kvp.Value.Contains(volume))
                     kvp.Value.Add(volume);
             }