diff --git a/apps/app_voicemail.c b/apps/app_voicemail.c
index 6c84865b87..257ebae2b1 100644
--- a/apps/app_voicemail.c
+++ b/apps/app_voicemail.c
@@ -8894,7 +8894,8 @@ static int vm_execmain(struct ast_channel *chan, void *data)
 #ifdef IMAP_STORAGE
 	vms.interactive = 1;
 	vms.updated = 1;
-	ast_copy_string(vms.context, vmu->context, sizeof(vms.context));
+	if (vmu)
+		ast_copy_string(vms.context, vmu->context, sizeof(vms.context));
 	vmstate_insert(&vms);
 	init_vm_state(&vms);
 #endif