1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/alts/check_gcp_environment_linux.cc b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/alts/check_gcp_environment_linux.cc
index 7c4d7a71cd..8454fd7558 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/alts/check_gcp_environment_linux.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/alts/check_gcp_environment_linux.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ namespace internal {
 
 bool check_bios_data(const char* bios_data_file) {
   char* bios_data = read_bios_file(bios_data_file);
-  bool result = (!strcmp(bios_data, GRPC_ALTS_EXPECT_NAME_GOOGLE)) ||
-                (!strcmp(bios_data, GRPC_ALTS_EXPECT_NAME_GCE));
+  bool result =
+      bios_data && ((!strcmp(bios_data, GRPC_ALTS_EXPECT_NAME_GOOGLE)) ||
+                    (!strcmp(bios_data, GRPC_ALTS_EXPECT_NAME_GCE)));
   gpr_free(bios_data);
   return result;
 }