diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/DestructorCallCollector.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/DestructorCallCollector.java
index 53f0e6b196a..e270bcf2a55 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/DestructorCallCollector.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/DestructorCallCollector.java
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ public class DestructorCallCollector {
 								IType type = SemanticUtil.getNestedType(var.getType(), TDEF | CVTYPE);
 								if (type instanceof ICPPClassType) {
 									ICPPMethod destructor = findDestructor((ICPPClassType) type, name);
-									addDestructorCall(name, destructor);
+									if (destructor != null) {
+										addDestructorCall(name, destructor);
+									}
 								} else if (type instanceof ICPPReferenceType) {
 									IASTDeclarator decl = (IASTDeclarator) name.getParent();
 									addDestructorCallForTemporaryBoundToReference(decl);