From e291e7ef5a4b8af630a4e03b1a51e6239e6ae57c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gerald Versluis <gerald@verslu.is>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 16:23:50 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NRE VisualElement Background when is null (#15299)

---
 Xamarin.Forms.Core/VisualElement.cs | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Xamarin.Forms.Core/VisualElement.cs b/Xamarin.Forms.Core/VisualElement.cs
index 3531c56df11..6330f594efd 100644
--- a/Xamarin.Forms.Core/VisualElement.cs
+++ b/Xamarin.Forms.Core/VisualElement.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,10 @@ void NotifyBackgroundChanges()
 			{
 				Device.InvokeOnMainThreadAsync(() =>
 				{
-					Background.Parent = this;
+					if (Background != null)
+					{
+						Background.Parent = this;
+					}
 				});
 
 				Background.PropertyChanged += OnBackgroundChanged;