MethodReference accesses cached executor in a thread-safe manner

Issue: SPR-12269

Author: jhoeller

spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/MethodReference.java

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ private void throwSimpleExceptionIfPossible(Object value, AccessException ae) {
 
 	private void updateExitTypeDescriptor() {
 		CachedMethodExecutor executorToCheck = this.cachedExecutor;
-		if (executorToCheck.get() instanceof ReflectiveMethodExecutor) {
+		if (executorToCheck != null && executorToCheck.get() instanceof ReflectiveMethodExecutor) {
 			Method method = ((ReflectiveMethodExecutor) executorToCheck.get()).getMethod();
 			this.exitTypeDescriptor = CodeFlow.toDescriptor(method.getReturnType());
 		}