diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_rtl.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_rtl.cc
index f34cec4f6..d057ebe48 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_rtl.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_rtl.cc
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ pointer_result_t RtlImageXexHeaderField_entry(pointer_t<xex2_header> xex_header,
   uint32_t field_value = 0;
   uint32_t field = field_dword;  // VS acts weird going from dword_t -> enum
 
+  if (!xex_header) {
+    return field_value;
+  }
+
   UserModule::GetOptHeader(kernel_memory(), xex_header, xex2_header_keys(field),
                            &field_value);