diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index fc0cfe8f9..0e50f5f6c 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void valueFlowBeforeCondition(TokenList *tokenlist, ErrorLogger *errorLog
                 } else {
                     tok2 = tok2->link();
                 }
-            } else if (var->isGlobal() && tok2->str() == "{") {
+            } else if (var && var->isGlobal() && tok2->str() == "{") {
                 if (!Token::Match(tok2->previous(), ")|else {"))
                     break;
                 if (Token::Match(tok2->previous(), ") {") &&