diff --git a/src/compiler/js-heap-broker.cc b/src/compiler/js-heap-broker.cc
index 40d009f435..3a8eacaadc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/js-heap-broker.cc
+++ b/src/compiler/js-heap-broker.cc
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@ ContextRef ContextRef::previous(size_t* depth,
   if (*depth == 0) return *this;
 
   ObjectData* previous_data = data()->AsContext()->previous(broker(), policy);
-  if (!previous_data->IsContext()) return *this;
+  if (previous_data == nullptr || !previous_data->IsContext()) return *this;
 
   *depth = *depth - 1;
   return ContextRef(broker(), previous_data).previous(depth, policy);
diff --git a/test/mjsunit/compiler/regress-1126771.js b/test/mjsunit/compiler/regress-1126771.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5440e96d94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/mjsunit/compiler/regress-1126771.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+// Copyright 2020 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// Flags: --allow-natives-syntax
+
+let __callGC;
+(function () {
+  __callGC = function() {};
+})();
+
+var __v_5 = {};
+var __v_9 = {x: {}};
+
+function main() {
+  function __f_6() { this.elms = new Array(); }
+  __f_6.prototype.size = function () { return this.elms.length; };
+  function __f_7() { this.v = new __f_6(); }
+  __f_7.prototype.add = function (__v_25) { this.v.elms.push(__v_25); };
+  __f_7.prototype.size = function () { return this.v.size(); };
+  __f_7.prototype.execute = function () {
+    for (var __v_28 = 0; __v_28 < this.size(); __v_28++) {
+      delete __v_9[__v_9, 538276];
+      __callGC();
+    }
+  };
+  var __v_22 = new __f_7();
+  for (var __v_23 = 0; __v_23 < 10; __v_23++) {
+    try {
+      if (__v_5 != null && typeof __v_5 == "object") {
+        try {
+          Object.defineProperty(__v_5, 807285, {get: function() {}});
+        } catch (e) {}
+      }
+      __v_22.add();
+    } catch (e) {}
+  }
+  __v_22.execute();
+}
+
+%PrepareFunctionForOptimization(main);
+main();
+main();
+%OptimizeFunctionOnNextCall(main);
+main();