diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PublishedContent/HttpContextVariationContextAccessor.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PublishedContent/HttpContextVariationContextAccessor.cs
index 70672e3796..0007b346c5 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PublishedContent/HttpContextVariationContextAccessor.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/PublishedContent/HttpContextVariationContextAccessor.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Web.Models.PublishedContent
         /// <inheritdoc />
         public VariationContext VariationContext
         {
-            get => (VariationContext) HttpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Items[ContextKey];
+            get => (VariationContext) HttpContextAccessor.HttpContext?.Items[ContextKey];
             set => HttpContextAccessor.HttpContext.Items[ContextKey] = value;
         }
     }