diff --git a/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c b/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
index 0e04a843a2..80f50aa63a 100644
--- a/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
+++ b/bin/varnishd/http2/cache_http2_session.c
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ h2_b64url_settings(struct h2_sess *h2, struct req *req)
 	 * If there is trouble with this, we could reject the upgrade
 	 * but putting this on the H1 side is just plain wrong...
 	 */
-	AN(http_GetHdr(req->http, H_HTTP2_Settings, &p));
-	if (p == NULL)
+	if (!http_GetHdr(req->http, H_HTTP2_Settings, &p))
 		return (-1);
+	AN(p);
 	VSLb(req->vsl, SLT_Debug, "H2CS %s", p);
 
 	n = 0;
diff --git a/bin/varnishtest/tests/t02001.vtc b/bin/varnishtest/tests/t02001.vtc
index d74482200d..1da6fb3b57 100644
--- a/bin/varnishtest/tests/t02001.vtc
+++ b/bin/varnishtest/tests/t02001.vtc
@@ -139,3 +139,20 @@ varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.req0.live == 0
 varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.req1.live == 0
 varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.sess0.live == 0
 varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.sess1.live == 0
+
+
+client c1 {
+	# Missing HTTP2-Settings
+	send "GET /noupgrade HTTP/1.1\r\n"
+	send "Host: foo.bar\r\n"
+	send "Upgrade: h2c\r\n"
+	send "\r\n"
+	expect_close
+} -run
+
+varnish v1 -vsl_catchup
+
+varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.req0.live == 0
+varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.req1.live == 0
+varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.sess0.live == 0
+varnish v1 -expect MEMPOOL.sess1.live == 0