diff --git a/gcc/go/gofrontend/ast-dump.cc b/gcc/go/gofrontend/ast-dump.cc
index 850e31a81e5..72b01420aa3 100644
--- a/gcc/go/gofrontend/ast-dump.cc
+++ b/gcc/go/gofrontend/ast-dump.cc
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@ class Ast_dump_traverse_statements : public Traverse
 
 int Ast_dump_traverse_blocks_and_functions::block(Block * block)
 {
+  if (block == NULL)
+    {
+      this->ast_dump_context_->ostream() << std::endl;
+      return TRAVERSE_EXIT;
+    }
+
   this->ast_dump_context_->print_indent();
   this->ast_dump_context_->ostream() << "{" << std::endl;
   this->ast_dump_context_->indent();
@@ -466,4 +472,4 @@ Ast_dump_context::dump_to_stream(const Expression* expr, std::ostream* out)
 {
   Ast_dump_context adc(out, false);
   expr->dump_expression(&adc);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}