diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
index 782fac8686..f04992a5a1 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Session.cpp
@@ -3631,7 +3631,7 @@ int MySQL_Session::handler() {
 								case PROCESSING_STMT_EXECUTE:
 									{
 										char sqlstate[10];
-										if (myconn->mysql) {
+										if (myconn && myconn->mysql) {
 											sprintf(sqlstate,"%s",mysql_sqlstate(myconn->mysql));
 											client_myds->myprot.generate_pkt_ERR(true,NULL,NULL,client_myds->pkt_sid+1,mysql_errno(myconn->mysql),sqlstate,(char *)mysql_stmt_error(myconn->query.stmt));
 										} else {