diff --git a/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/bugpatterns/NonStaticImport.java b/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/bugpatterns/NonStaticImport.java
index cbd89c5cdf2..6c1b7b743e6 100644
--- a/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/bugpatterns/NonStaticImport.java
+++ b/error-prone-contrib/src/main/java/tech/picnic/errorprone/bugpatterns/NonStaticImport.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public NonStaticImport() {}
   @Override
   public Description matchIdentifier(IdentifierTree tree, VisitorState state) {
     Symbol symbol = ASTHelpers.getSymbol(tree);
-    if (!isMatch(symbol, state)) {
+    if (symbol == null || !isMatch(symbol, state)) {
       return Description.NO_MATCH;
     }