diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/memory/guardedMemory.cpp b/src/hotspot/share/memory/guardedMemory.cpp
index d978b0bea65..6cd141ce4ff 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/memory/guardedMemory.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/memory/guardedMemory.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ void* GuardedMemory::wrap_copy(const void* ptr, const size_t len, const void* ta
   if (outerp != NULL) {
     GuardedMemory guarded(outerp, len, tag);
     void* innerp = guarded.get_user_ptr();
-    memcpy(innerp, ptr, len);
+    if (ptr != nullptr) {
+      memcpy(innerp, ptr, len);
+    }
     return innerp;
   }
   return NULL; // OOM