diff --git a/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c b/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
index 5b607e55636ea..5d17be0c34a7d 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/mini/method-to-ir.c
@@ -7314,7 +7314,7 @@ mono_method_to_ir (MonoCompile *cfg, MonoMethod *method, MonoBasicBlock *start_b
 
 			sp -= n;
 
-			if (virtual_ && cmethod && sp [0]->opcode == OP_TYPED_OBJREF) {
+			if (virtual_ && cmethod && sp [0] && sp [0]->opcode == OP_TYPED_OBJREF) {
 				ERROR_DECL (error);
 
 				MonoMethod *new_cmethod = mono_class_get_virtual_method (sp [0]->klass, cmethod, error);