diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNext.java b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNext.java
index 454a9dcd04..632b3156f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNext.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public J.MethodInvocation visitMethodInvocation(J.MethodInvocation method, Execu
                         if (NEXT_MATCHER.matches(nextInvocation) && ITERATOR_MATCHER.matches(nextInvocation.getSelect())) {
                             J.MethodInvocation iteratorInvocation = (J.MethodInvocation) nextInvocation.getSelect();
                             Expression iteratorSelect = iteratorInvocation.getSelect();
-                            if (TypeUtils.isAssignableTo("java.util.SequencedCollection", iteratorSelect.getType())) {
+                            if (iteratorSelect != null && TypeUtils.isAssignableTo("java.util.SequencedCollection", iteratorSelect.getType())) {
                                 JavaType.Method getFirst = iteratorInvocation.getMethodType().withName("getFirst");
                                 return iteratorInvocation
                                         .withName(iteratorInvocation.getName().withSimpleName("getFirst").withType(getFirst))
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNextTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNextTest.java
index 50e53c16de..a987d22352 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNextTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openrewrite/java/migrate/util/IteratorNextTest.java
@@ -140,4 +140,22 @@ void bar(List<String> collection) {
           )
         );
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void implicitThisIteratorNextUnchanged() {
+        rewriteRun(
+          //language=java
+          java(
+            """
+              import java.util.*;
+
+              class Foo extends ArrayList<String> {
+                  void bar() {
+                      String first = iterator().next();
+                  }
+              }
+              """
+          )
+        );
+    }
 }