diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/describe_test.go b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/describe_test.go
index b45c3a3e30..84e8684ad0 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/describe_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/describe_test.go
@@ -241,6 +241,79 @@ func TestPipelineRunDescribe_multiple_taskrun_ordering(t *testing.T) {
 
 }
 
+func TestPipelineRunDescribe_multiple_taskrun_without_status(t *testing.T) {
+	clock := clockwork.NewFakeClock()
+
+	trs := []*v1alpha1.TaskRun{
+		tb.TaskRun("tr-1",
+			tb.TaskRunNamespace("ns"),
+			tb.TaskRunStatus(
+				tb.TaskRunStartTime(clock.Now().Add(2*time.Minute)),
+				cb.TaskRunCompletionTime(clock.Now().Add(5*time.Minute)),
+				tb.StatusCondition(apis.Condition{
+					Type:   apis.ConditionSucceeded,
+					Status: corev1.ConditionTrue,
+				}),
+			),
+		),
+	}
+
+	pipelineRuns := []*v1alpha1.PipelineRun{
+		tb.PipelineRun("pipeline-run",
+			tb.PipelineRunNamespace("ns"),
+			cb.PipelineRunCreationTimestamp(clock.Now()),
+			tb.PipelineRunLabel("tekton.dev/pipeline", "pipeline"),
+			tb.PipelineRunSpec("pipeline"),
+			tb.PipelineRunStatus(
+				tb.PipelineRunTaskRunsStatus("tr-0", &v1alpha1.PipelineRunTaskRunStatus{
+					PipelineTaskName: "t-0",
+				}),
+				tb.PipelineRunTaskRunsStatus("tr-1", &v1alpha1.PipelineRunTaskRunStatus{
+					PipelineTaskName: "t-1",
+					Status:           &trs[0].Status,
+				}),
+				tb.PipelineRunStatusCondition(apis.Condition{
+					Status: corev1.ConditionFalse,
+					Reason: v1beta1.PipelineRunReasonFailed.String(),
+				}),
+				tb.PipelineRunStartTime(clock.Now()),
+				cb.PipelineRunCompletionTime(clock.Now().Add(5*time.Minute)),
+			),
+		),
+	}
+
+	namespaces := []*corev1.Namespace{
+		{
+			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+				Name: "ns",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	version := "v1alpha1"
+	tdc := testDynamic.Options{}
+	dynamic, err := tdc.Client(
+		cb.UnstructuredPR(pipelineRuns[0], version),
+		cb.UnstructuredTR(trs[0], version),
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("unable to create dynamic client: %v", err)
+	}
+	cs, _ := test.SeedTestData(t, pipelinetest.Data{Namespaces: namespaces, PipelineRuns: pipelineRuns,
+		TaskRuns: trs,
+	})
+	cs.Pipeline.Resources = cb.APIResourceList(version, []string{"pipelinerun", "taskrun"})
+	p := &test.Params{Tekton: cs.Pipeline, Kube: cs.Kube, Dynamic: dynamic, Clock: clock}
+
+	pipelinerun := Command(p)
+	clock.Advance(10 * time.Minute)
+	actual, err := test.ExecuteCommand(pipelinerun, "desc", "pipeline-run", "-n", "ns")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	golden.Assert(t, actual, fmt.Sprintf("%s.golden", t.Name()))
+}
+
 func TestPipelineRunDescribe_failed(t *testing.T) {
 	clock := clockwork.NewFakeClock()
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/testdata/TestPipelineRunDescribe_multiple_taskrun_without_status.golden b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/testdata/TestPipelineRunDescribe_multiple_taskrun_without_status.golden
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..620c91a0ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cmd/pipelinerun/testdata/TestPipelineRunDescribe_multiple_taskrun_without_status.golden
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Name:           pipeline-run
+Namespace:      ns
+Pipeline Ref:   pipeline
+Timeout:        1h0m0s
+Labels:
+ tekton.dev/pipeline=pipeline
+
+Status
+
+STARTED          DURATION    STATUS
+10 minutes ago   5 minutes   Failed
+
+Resources
+
+ No resources
+
+Params
+
+ No params
+
+Results
+
+ No results
+
+Workspaces
+
+ No workspaces
+
+Taskruns
+
+ NAME   TASK NAME   STARTED         DURATION    STATUS
+ tr-1   t-1         8 minutes ago   3 minutes   Succeeded
diff --git a/pkg/pipelinerun/description/description.go b/pkg/pipelinerun/description/description.go
index 74330d9fac..6e88cbffe4 100644
--- a/pkg/pipelinerun/description/description.go
+++ b/pkg/pipelinerun/description/description.go
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ func hasFailed(pr *v1beta1.PipelineRun) string {
 
 	if pr.Status.Conditions[0].Status == corev1.ConditionFalse {
 		for _, tr := range pr.Status.TaskRuns {
+			if tr.Status == nil {
+				continue
+			}
 			if len(tr.Status.Conditions) == 0 {
 				continue
 			}