diff --git a/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc b/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
index e45e62482b1..dca0ebc1cfc 100644
--- a/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
+++ b/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
@@ -1183,8 +1183,9 @@ Http2ConnectionState::release_stream(Http2Stream *stream)
       // We were shutting down, go ahead and terminate the session
       // this is a member of Http2ConnectionState and will be freed
       // when ua_session is destroyed
-      ua_session->destroy();
-
+      if (ua_session) {
+        ua_session->destroy();
+      }
       // Can't do this because we just destroyed right here ^,
       // or we can use a local variable to do it.
       // ua_session = nullptr;