diff --git a/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
index 62379857543..5dd1885d858 100644
--- a/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/android/androidgdbserverkitinformation.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void AndroidGdbServerKitInformation::setGdbSever(ProjectExplorer::Kit *kit, cons
 Utils::FileName AndroidGdbServerKitInformation::autoDetect(ProjectExplorer::Kit *kit)
 {
     ProjectExplorer::ToolChain *tc = ProjectExplorer::ToolChainKitInformation::toolChain(kit);
-    if (tc->type() != QLatin1String(Constants::ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_TYPE))
+    if (!tc || tc->type() != QLatin1String(Constants::ANDROID_TOOLCHAIN_TYPE))
         return Utils::FileName();
     AndroidToolChain *atc = static_cast<AndroidToolChain *>(tc);
     return atc->suggestedGdbServer();