diff --git a/contrib/bmake/hash.c b/contrib/bmake/hash.c
index a22e2f2aa26e..216f2846b998 100644
--- a/contrib/bmake/hash.c
+++ b/contrib/bmake/hash.c
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ Hash_FindEntry(Hash_Table *t, const char *key)
 	unsigned h;
 	const char *p;
 
+	if (t == NULL || t->bucketPtr == NULL) {
+	    return NULL;
+	}
 	for (h = 0, p = key; *p;)
 		h = (h << 5) - h + *p++;
 	p = key;