diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolVendor/wasm/SymbolVendorWasm.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolVendor/wasm/SymbolVendorWasm.cpp
index 6290843a89872..91b10ea64535d 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolVendor/wasm/SymbolVendorWasm.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/SymbolVendor/wasm/SymbolVendorWasm.cpp
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ SymbolVendorWasm::CreateInstance(const lldb::ModuleSP &module_sp,
   SectionList *module_section_list = module_sp->GetSectionList();
   SectionList *objfile_section_list = sym_objfile_sp->GetSectionList();
 
+  if (!module_section_list || !objfile_section_list)
+    return nullptr;
+
   static const SectionType g_sections[] = {
       eSectionTypeDWARFDebugAbbrev,   eSectionTypeDWARFDebugAddr,
       eSectionTypeDWARFDebugAranges,  eSectionTypeDWARFDebugCuIndex,