diff --git a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
index cb450e62e2..5b9b3931e6 100644
--- a/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
+++ b/src/mod/endpoints/mod_sofia/sofia.c
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@ static void sofia_handle_sip_r_options(switch_core_session_t *session, int statu
 {
 	sofia_gateway_t *gateway = NULL;
 
-	if (sofia_private->gateway_name) {
+	if (sofia_private && !switch_strlen_zero(sofia_private->gateway_name)) {
 		gateway = sofia_reg_find_gateway(sofia_private->gateway_name);
 	}