diff --git a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
index 09d7df240ab32e6551008de170ebbfdcd00e30b0..087893c39f17ac9337703d6462198c12d32bf394 100644
--- a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
@@ -764,6 +764,9 @@ void ETSCompiler::Compile(const ir::Identifier *expr) const
     ETSGen *etsg = GetETSGen();
 
     auto const *smartType = expr->TsType();
+    if (smartType == nullptr) {
+        return;
+    }
     if (smartType->IsETSTypeParameter() || smartType->IsETSPartialTypeParameter() || smartType->IsETSNonNullishType()) {
         smartType = etsg->Checker()->GetApparentType(smartType);
     }