diff --git a/src/coredump/stacktrace.c b/src/coredump/stacktrace.c
index 0edb1b40a7..e46b324cdf 100644
--- a/src/coredump/stacktrace.c
+++ b/src/coredump/stacktrace.c
@@ -153,6 +153,8 @@ static int parse_package_metadata(const char *name, JsonVariant *id_json, Elf *e
                                             program_header->p_offset,
                                             program_header->p_filesz,
                                             ELF_T_NHDR);
+                if (!data)
+                        continue;
 
                 while (note_offset < data->d_size &&
                        (note_offset = gelf_getnote(data, note_offset, &note_header, &name_offset, &desc_offset)) > 0) {