diff --git a/src/rebuild/srv.c b/src/rebuild/srv.c
index aca8cba18dc..f3d27f03094 100644
--- a/src/rebuild/srv.c
+++ b/src/rebuild/srv.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,8 @@ rebuild_task_ult(void *arg)
 		 * rebuild sequence, which has to be done by failure
 		 * sequence order.
 		 */
-		rgt->rgt_status.rs_done = 0;
+		if (rgt)
+			rgt->rgt_status.rs_done = 0;
 		ret = ds_rebuild_schedule(pool, task->dst_map_ver,
 					  &task->dst_tgts,
 					  task->dst_rebuild_op, 5);