diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/HTTP2Session.java b/jetty-http2/http2-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/HTTP2Session.java
index dbf02664689a..a75df3375db2 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/HTTP2Session.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-common/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/HTTP2Session.java
@@ -991,8 +991,11 @@ public void succeeded()
                 }
                 case RST_STREAM:
                 {
-                    stream.close();
-                    removeStream(stream, true);
+                    if (stream != null)
+                    {
+                        stream.close();
+                        removeStream(stream, true);
+                    }
                     break;
                 }
                 case SETTINGS: