Index: channels/chan_sip.c
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--- channels/chan_sip.c	(revision 83986)
+++ channels/chan_sip.c	(working copy)
@@ -18912,7 +18912,7 @@
 		ast_verbose("Previous SIP reload not yet done\n");
 	else {
 		sip_reloading = TRUE;
-		sip_reloadreason = a->fd ? CHANNEL_CLI_RELOAD : CHANNEL_MODULE_RELOAD;
+		sip_reloadreason = (a && a->fd) ? CHANNEL_CLI_RELOAD : CHANNEL_MODULE_RELOAD;
 	}
 	ast_mutex_unlock(&sip_reload_lock);
 	restart_monitor();