X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/d3b9f782ef3949f583e8ac53795d36787f044fc3..ba86da30cf1a2a8429f3af465cbb6c9f52b307fb:/src/common/variant.cpp

diff --git a/src/common/variant.cpp b/src/common/variant.cpp
index 6d67625a5f..627edfbef6 100644
--- a/src/common/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/common/variant.cpp
@@ -1182,7 +1182,11 @@ void wxVariant::operator= (void* value)
 
 void* wxVariant::GetVoidPtr() const
 {
-    wxASSERT( (GetType() == wxT("void*")) );
+    // handling this specially is convenient when working with COM, see #9873
+    if ( IsNull() )
+        return NULL;
+
+    wxASSERT( GetType() == wxT("void*") );
 
     return (void*) ((wxVariantDataVoidPtr*) m_data)->GetValue();
 }