diff --git a/src/providers/arcgisrest/qgsafsprovider.cpp b/src/providers/arcgisrest/qgsafsprovider.cpp
index 50791f854ba..78d2ce3f006 100644
--- a/src/providers/arcgisrest/qgsafsprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/arcgisrest/qgsafsprovider.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ bool QgsAfsProvider::getFeature( const QgsFeatureId &id, QgsFeature &f, bool fet
   }
   f = mCache[id];
   Q_ASSERT( f.isValid() );
-  return filterRect.isNull() || f.geometry()->intersects( filterRect );
+  return filterRect.isNull() || f.geometry() && f.geometry()->intersects( filterRect );
 }
 
 void QgsAfsProvider::setDataSourceUri( const QString &uri )