diff --git a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
index c5734c0116d..aadf4512261 100644
--- a/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
+++ b/sapi/apache2handler/sapi_apache2.c
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ zend_first_try {
 	} else {
 		parent_req = ctx->r;
 		/* check if comming due to ErrorDocument */
-		if (parent_req != HTTP_OK) {
+		if (parent_req && parent_req->status != HTTP_OK) {
 			parent_req = NULL;
 			goto normal;
 		}