diff --git a/wpa_supplicant/events.c b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
index f2462d794..daca69cdb 100644
--- a/wpa_supplicant/events.c
+++ b/wpa_supplicant/events.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * WPA Supplicant - Driver event processing
- * Copyright (c) 2003-2017, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
+ * Copyright (c) 2003-2019, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
  *
  * This software may be distributed under the terms of the BSD license.
  * See README for more details.
@@ -1903,7 +1903,7 @@ static int _wpa_supplicant_event_scan_results(struct wpa_supplicant *wpa_s,
 	if (sme_proc_obss_scan(wpa_s) > 0)
 		goto scan_work_done;
 
-	if (own_request &&
+	if (own_request && data &&
 	    wpas_beacon_rep_scan_process(wpa_s, scan_res, &data->scan_info) > 0)
 		goto scan_work_done;