diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.Implementation/CrashInfoService.cs b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.Implementation/CrashInfoService.cs
index acc0c35369..2dbf7c4d23 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.Implementation/CrashInfoService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.Implementation/CrashInfoService.cs
@@ -508,6 +508,11 @@ public IEnumerable<IException> GetNestedExceptions(uint threadId)
                 }
             }
 
+            if (_exception is null)
+            {
+                return [];
+            }
+
             List<IException> exceptions = new() {
                 _exception
             };
@@ -516,8 +521,16 @@ public IEnumerable<IException> GetNestedExceptions(uint threadId)
 
             void AddExceptions(IEnumerable<IException> inner)
             {
+                if (inner is null)
+                {
+                    return;
+                }
                 foreach (IException exception in inner)
                 {
+                    if (exception is null)
+                    {
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     exceptions.Add(exception);
                     AddExceptions(exception.InnerExceptions);
                 }
diff --git a/src/SOS/SOS.Extensions/Clrma/ThreadWrapper.cs b/src/SOS/SOS.Extensions/Clrma/ThreadWrapper.cs
index cbfd2b1ed8..6432526b97 100644
--- a/src/SOS/SOS.Extensions/Clrma/ThreadWrapper.cs
+++ b/src/SOS/SOS.Extensions/Clrma/ThreadWrapper.cs
@@ -149,7 +149,14 @@ private ExceptionWrapper[] NestedExceptions
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        _nestedExceptions = _crashInfoService.GetNestedExceptions(ThreadId).Select((exception) => new ExceptionWrapper(exception)).ToArray();
+                        if (_crashInfoService.GetThreadException(ThreadId) is null)
+                        {
+                            _nestedExceptions = Array.Empty<ExceptionWrapper>();
+                        }
+                        else
+                        {
+                            _nestedExceptions = _crashInfoService.GetNestedExceptions(ThreadId).Select((exception) => new ExceptionWrapper(exception)).ToArray();
+                        }
                     }
                     catch (ArgumentOutOfRangeException)
                     {
diff --git a/src/tests/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.UnitTests/CrashInfoServiceTests.cs b/src/tests/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.UnitTests/CrashInfoServiceTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a95a1f6bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.UnitTests/CrashInfoServiceTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Text;
+using Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices;
+using Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.Implementation;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Diagnostics.DebugServices.UnitTests
+{
+    public class CrashInfoServiceTests
+    {
+        [Fact]
+        public void CreateAllowsMessageOnlyNativeAotCrashInfo()
+        {
+            string triageJson = """{"version":"1.0.0","runtime_base":"0x7FFF80270000","runtime_type":"4","runtime_version":"9.0.16","reason":"2","thread":"0x7050","message":"Delegate_GarbageCollected"}""";
+
+            ICrashInfoService crashInfo = CrashInfoService.Create(0, Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(triageJson), null!);
+
+            Assert.NotNull(crashInfo);
+            Assert.Equal(CrashReason.EnvironmentFailFast, crashInfo.CrashReason);
+            Assert.Equal(RuntimeType.NativeAOT, crashInfo.RuntimeType);
+            Assert.Equal((uint)0x7050, crashInfo.ThreadId);
+            Assert.Equal("Delegate_GarbageCollected", crashInfo.Message);
+            Assert.Null(crashInfo.GetException(0));
+            Assert.Null(crashInfo.GetThreadException(crashInfo.ThreadId));
+            Assert.Empty(crashInfo.GetNestedExceptions(crashInfo.ThreadId));
+        }
+    }
+}