diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
index 762caf80ce37d3822d43bf0a151ffcf8b8a17d21..2ba71bcd38e65381aa347e093a2dc7b338d03dc0 100644
--- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf.c
@@ -676,6 +676,8 @@ static void *item_data(void)
 	struct mitem *mcur;
 
 	cur = current_item(curses_menu);
+	if (!cur)
+		return NULL;
 	mcur = (struct mitem *) item_userptr(cur);
 	return mcur->usrptr;