diff --git a/src/mesh/Router.cpp b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
index e605cfc94..3010176a0 100644
--- a/src/mesh/Router.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/Router.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,11 @@ void Router::setReceivedMessage()
 
 meshtastic_QueueStatus Router::getQueueStatus()
 {
-    return iface->getQueueStatus();
+    if (!iface) {
+        meshtastic_QueueStatus qs;
+        qs.res = qs.mesh_packet_id = qs.free = qs.maxlen = 0;
+        return qs;
+    } else return iface->getQueueStatus();
 }
 
 ErrorCode Router::sendLocal(meshtastic_MeshPacket *p, RxSource src)