diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index 5caa1e301..b2bbe1e99 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -16662,6 +16662,9 @@ void wolfSSL_X509_STORE_CTX_set_time(WOLFSSL_X509_STORE_CTX* ctx,
 {
     (void)flags;
 
+    if (ctx == NULL)
+        return;
+
     ctx->param->check_time = t;
     ctx->param->flags |= WOLFSSL_USE_CHECK_TIME;
 }