diff --git a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/native/liblcms/cmsopt.c b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/native/liblcms/cmsopt.c
index c3267ecf1bd..892ec0a4040 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/native/liblcms/cmsopt.c
+++ b/jdk/src/java.desktop/share/native/liblcms/cmsopt.c
@@ -260,7 +260,9 @@ cmsBool _MultiplyMatrix(cmsPipeline* Lut)
                             cmsStage* Multmat = cmsStageAllocMatrix(Lut->ContextID, 3, 3, (const cmsFloat64Number*) &res, NULL);
 
                             // Recover the chain
-                            Multmat->Next = chain;
+                            if (Multmat != NULL) {
+                                Multmat->Next = chain;
+                            }
                             *pt1 = Multmat;
                      }