diff --git a/lldb/source/API/SBEvent.cpp b/lldb/source/API/SBEvent.cpp
index b2d2df073d6f..19073e8c3ec1 100644
--- a/lldb/source/API/SBEvent.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/API/SBEvent.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,11 @@ SBEvent::GetDataFlavor ()
 {
     Event *lldb_event = get();
     if (lldb_event)
-        return lldb_event->GetData()->GetFlavor().AsCString();
+    {
+        EventData *event_data = lldb_event->GetData();
+        if (event_data)
+            return lldb_event->GetData()->GetFlavor().AsCString();
+    }
     return NULL;
 }