diff --git a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/symboltree/nodes/SymbolTreeRootNode.java b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/symboltree/nodes/SymbolTreeRootNode.java
index f2a77cdb81..778b0621ac 100644
--- a/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/symboltree/nodes/SymbolTreeRootNode.java
+++ b/Ghidra/Features/Base/src/main/java/ghidra/app/plugin/core/symboltree/nodes/SymbolTreeRootNode.java
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ public class SymbolTreeRootNode extends SymbolCategoryNode {
 		Symbol functionSymbol = searchSymbol.getParentSymbol();
 		SymbolNode parentKey = SymbolNode.createNode(functionSymbol, program);
 		GTreeNode functionNode = findFunctionSymbolNode(parentKey, loadChildren, monitor);
-		return ((SymbolTreeNode) functionNode).findSymbolTreeNode(key, loadChildren, monitor);
+		if (functionNode != null) {
+			return ((SymbolTreeNode) functionNode).findSymbolTreeNode(key, loadChildren, monitor);
+		}
+		return null;
 	}
 
 	private GTreeNode findFunctionSymbolNode(SymbolNode key, boolean loadChildren,