1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/rpc/net.cpp b/src/rpc/net.cpp
index 1a4cd09284..4611e03270 100644
--- a/src/rpc/net.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/net.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2009-2021 The Bitcoin Core developers
+// Copyright (c) 2009-2022 The Bitcoin Core developers
 // Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
@@ -185,6 +185,14 @@ static RPCHelpMan getpeerinfo()
         UniValue obj(UniValue::VOBJ);
         CNodeStateStats statestats;
         bool fStateStats = peerman.GetNodeStateStats(stats.nodeid, statestats);
+        // GetNodeStateStats() requires the existence of a CNodeState and a Peer object
+        // to succeed for this peer. These are created at connection initialisation and
+        // exist for the duration of the connection - except if there is a race where the
+        // peer got disconnected in between the GetNodeStats() and the GetNodeStateStats()
+        // calls. In this case, the peer doesn't need to be reported here.
+        if (!fStateStats) {
+            continue;
+        }
         obj.pushKV("id", stats.nodeid);
         obj.pushKV("addr", stats.m_addr_name);
         if (stats.addrBind.IsValid()) {