From f7ecc2bee7eb62ad6bac2697ce5acc6a1767e415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2020 18:29:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix (#11066)

---
 services/pull/merge.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/services/pull/merge.go b/services/pull/merge.go
index 2d4d9722e..a20a21401 100644
--- a/services/pull/merge.go
+++ b/services/pull/merge.go
@@ -535,6 +535,9 @@ func IsSignedIfRequired(pr *models.PullRequest, doer *models.User) (bool, error)
 
 // IsUserAllowedToMerge check if user is allowed to merge PR with given permissions and branch protections
 func IsUserAllowedToMerge(pr *models.PullRequest, p models.Permission, user *models.User) (bool, error) {
+	if user == nil {
+		return false, nil
+	}
 
 	err := pr.LoadProtectedBranch()
 	if err != nil {