diff --git a/redis_commands.c b/redis_commands.c
index 9a1dd74bb2..a0ce3b8358 100644
--- a/redis_commands.c
+++ b/redis_commands.c
@@ -6145,6 +6145,8 @@ void redis_getoption_handler(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS,
         case REDIS_OPT_NULL_MBULK_AS_NULL:
             RETURN_LONG(redis_sock->null_mbulk_as_null);
         case REDIS_OPT_FAILOVER:
+            if (c == NULL)
+                RETURN_FALSE;
             RETURN_LONG(c->failover);
         case REDIS_OPT_MAX_RETRIES:
             RETURN_LONG(redis_sock->max_retries);