diff --git a/src/mux_h2.c b/src/mux_h2.c
index 4b42639..1edc0d2 100644
--- a/src/mux_h2.c
+++ b/src/mux_h2.c
@@ -4312,7 +4312,7 @@
 		/* refresh the timeout if none was active, so that the last
 		 * leaving stream may arm it.
 		 */
-		if (!tick_isset(h2c->task->expire))
+		if (h2c->task && !tick_isset(h2c->task->expire))
 			h2c_update_timeout(h2c);
 		return;
 	}