diff --git a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
index 5fac7357..5abc5840 100644
--- a/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
+++ b/PluralKit.Bot/Handlers/ReactionAdded.cs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace PluralKit.Bot
         private async ValueTask TryHandleProxyMessageReactions(MessageReactionAddEventArgs evt)
         {
             // Only proxies in guild text channels
-            if (evt.Channel.Type != ChannelType.Text) return;
+            if (evt.Channel == null || evt.Channel.Type != ChannelType.Text) return;
 
             // Sometimes we get events from users that aren't in the user cache
             // In that case we get a "broken" user object (where eg. calling IsBot throws an exception)