diff --git a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
index fa1050e0c7f9..0f4cefd0a884 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridge.java
@@ -1182,7 +1182,9 @@ public boolean onAccessibilityHoverEvent(MotionEvent event) {
 
     SemanticsNode semanticsNodeUnderCursor =
         getRootSemanticsNode().hitTest(new float[] {event.getX(), event.getY(), 0, 1});
-    if (semanticsNodeUnderCursor.platformViewId != -1) {
+    // semanticsNodeUnderCursor can be null when hovering over non-flutter UI such as
+    // the Android navigation bar due to hitTest() bounds checking.
+    if (semanticsNodeUnderCursor != null && semanticsNodeUnderCursor.platformViewId != -1) {
       return accessibilityViewEmbedder.onAccessibilityHoverEvent(
           semanticsNodeUnderCursor.id, event);
     }
diff --git a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
index 5bbc7b999a7d..7a3e4289be6f 100644
--- a/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
+++ b/shell/platform/android/test/io/flutter/view/AccessibilityBridgeTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.view.MotionEvent;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewParent;
 import android.view.accessibility.AccessibilityEvent;
@@ -130,6 +131,32 @@ public void itUnfocusesPlatformViewWhenPlatformViewGoesAway() {
     assertEquals(event.getEventType(), AccessibilityEvent.TYPE_VIEW_ACCESSIBILITY_FOCUS_CLEARED);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void itHoverOverOutOfBoundsDoesNotCrash() {
+    // SementicsNode.hitTest() returns null when out of bounds.
+    AccessibilityViewEmbedder mockViewEmbedder = mock(AccessibilityViewEmbedder.class);
+    AccessibilityManager mockManager = mock(AccessibilityManager.class);
+    View mockRootView = mock(View.class);
+    Context context = mock(Context.class);
+    when(mockRootView.getContext()).thenReturn(context);
+    when(context.getPackageName()).thenReturn("test");
+    AccessibilityBridge accessibilityBridge =
+        setUpBridge(mockRootView, mockManager, mockViewEmbedder);
+
+    // Sent a11y tree with platform view.
+    TestSemanticsNode root = new TestSemanticsNode();
+    root.id = 0;
+    TestSemanticsNode platformView = new TestSemanticsNode();
+    platformView.id = 1;
+    platformView.platformViewId = 42;
+    root.children.add(platformView);
+    TestSemanticsUpdate testSemanticsUpdate = root.toUpdate();
+    accessibilityBridge.updateSemantics(testSemanticsUpdate.buffer, testSemanticsUpdate.strings);
+
+    // Pass an out of bounds MotionEvent.
+    accessibilityBridge.onAccessibilityHoverEvent(MotionEvent.obtain(1, 1, 1, -10, -10, 0));
+  }
+
   AccessibilityBridge setUpBridge() {
     return setUpBridge(null, null, null, null, null, null);
   }