diff --git a/channels/chan_sip.c b/channels/chan_sip.c
index dbf54639e5..97d5d2b198 100644
--- a/channels/chan_sip.c
+++ b/channels/chan_sip.c
@@ -15576,7 +15576,8 @@ static int sipsock_read(int *id, int fd, short events, void *ignore)
 		append_history(p, "Rx", "%s / %s / %s", req.data, get_header(&req, "CSeq"), req.rlPart2);
 
 	if (!lockretry) {
-		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "We could NOT get the channel lock for %s! \n", S_OR(p->owner->name, "- no channel name ??? - "));
+		if (p->owner)
+			ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "We could NOT get the channel lock for %s! \n", S_OR(p->owner->name, "- no channel name ??? - "));
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "SIP transaction failed: %s \n", p->callid);
 		if (req.method != SIP_ACK)
 			transmit_response(p, "503 Server error", &req);	/* We must respond according to RFC 3261 sec 12.2 */