diff --git a/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmscgats.c b/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmscgats.c
index 0dedc277718b9611e09f6a83f637dfa1e7ebc58b..664a3c9eca76bb44566bb163e152017a6e67c53d 100644
--- a/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmscgats.c
+++ b/src/share/native/sun/java2d/cmm/lcms/cmscgats.c
@@ -2545,9 +2545,11 @@ int LocateSample(cmsIT8* it8, const char* cSample)
     for (i=0; i < t->nSamples; i++) {
 
         fld = GetDataFormat(it8, i);
+        if (fld != NULL) {
         if (cmsstrcasecmp(fld, cSample) == 0)
             return i;
     }
+    }
 
     return -1;