diff --git a/src/proto_tcp.c b/src/proto_tcp.c
index 8c1ae222e..4d0ae3559 100644
--- a/src/proto_tcp.c
+++ b/src/proto_tcp.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int tcp_parse_tcp_req(char **args, int section_type, struct proxy *curpx,
 
 		// FIXME: how to set this ?
 		// cond->line = linenum;
-		if (cond->requires & (ACL_USE_RTR_ANY | ACL_USE_L7_ANY)) {
+		if (cond && cond->requires & (ACL_USE_RTR_ANY | ACL_USE_L7_ANY)) {
 			struct acl *acl;
 			const char *name;