diff --git a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/UseAutoProperty/UseAutoPropertyAnalyzer.cs b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/UseAutoProperty/UseAutoPropertyAnalyzer.cs
index 1429098969fad2fbb38af7f61f4a37d333243780..61de5427000966fd3035a965454f9732d0de09b7 100644
--- a/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/UseAutoProperty/UseAutoPropertyAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/src/EditorFeatures/CSharp/UseAutoProperty/UseAutoPropertyAnalyzer.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ private bool CheckExpressionSyntactically(ExpressionSyntax expression)
         protected override ExpressionSyntax GetGetterExpression(IMethodSymbol getMethod, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             var getAccessor = getMethod.DeclaringSyntaxReferences[0].GetSyntax(cancellationToken) as AccessorDeclarationSyntax;
-            var firstStatement = getAccessor?.Body.Statements.SingleOrDefault();
+            var firstStatement = getAccessor?.Body?.Statements.SingleOrDefault();
             if (firstStatement?.Kind() == SyntaxKind.ReturnStatement)
             {
                 var expr = ((ReturnStatementSyntax)firstStatement).Expression;