diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
index d20175b6e1a..7cb5bfa3850 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetPage.java
@@ -6144,7 +6144,7 @@ public String getWebloaderUrlForDataset(Dataset d) {
     String signpostingLinkHeader = null;
 
     public String getSignpostingLinkHeader() {
-        if (!workingVersion.isReleased()) {
+        if ((workingVersion==null) || (!workingVersion.isReleased())) {
             return null;
         }
         if (signpostingLinkHeader == null) {