From 61a37f0fc03748d83ab707556b5fd2ac25ee4d64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neil Twigg <neil@nats.io>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 11:19:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix panic in `getAccAndResultFromCache`

Signed-off-by: Neil Twigg <neil@nats.io>
---
 server/client.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/client.go b/server/client.go
index 99134bd0c5b..e68d70fa947 100644
--- a/server/client.go
+++ b/server/client.go
@@ -5436,7 +5436,9 @@ func (c *client) getAccAndResultFromCache() (*Account, *SublistResult) {
 
 	if !ok {
 		if c.kind == ROUTER && len(c.route.accName) > 0 {
-			acc = c.acc
+			if acc = c.acc; acc == nil {
+				return nil, nil
+			}
 		} else {
 			// Match correct account and sublist.
 			if acc, _ = c.srv.LookupAccount(string(c.pa.account)); acc == nil {