diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/LibStdcpp.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/LibStdcpp.cpp
index 02113baf64b8c..54158d9a0d85a 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/LibStdcpp.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/LibStdcpp.cpp
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ LibStdcppSharedPtrSyntheticFrontEnd::CalculateNumChildren() {
 
 lldb::ValueObjectSP
 LibStdcppSharedPtrSyntheticFrontEnd::GetChildAtIndex(uint32_t idx) {
-  if (idx == 0)
+  if (idx == 0 && m_ptr_obj)
     return m_ptr_obj->GetSP();
   if (idx == 1) {
     if (m_ptr_obj && !m_obj_obj) {