diff --git a/libr/bin/pdb/tpi.c b/libr/bin/pdb/tpi.c
index f02bf8cabd..41ec43ab4c 100644
--- a/libr/bin/pdb/tpi.c
+++ b/libr/bin/pdb/tpi.c
@@ -1416,7 +1416,15 @@ static void get_nesttype_print_type(void *type, char **name)
 		print_base_type(base_type, &tmp_name);
 	} else {
 		ti = &t->type_data;
-		ti->get_print_type(ti, &tmp_name);
+		if (ti->get_print_type != NULL) {
+			ti->get_print_type(ti, &tmp_name);
+		} else {
+			// TODO: need to investigate why this branch can be...
+			//	this is possible because there is no support for
+			// parsing METHODLIST...
+			// need to investigate for this theme
+			printf("warning: strange for nesttype\n");
+		}
 	}
 
 	name_len = strlen("nesttype ");