From 4c0acba62d93f94e7dea504f03682cdf9970294d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramon de Klein <mail@ramondeklein.nl>
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:27:27 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes an internal error while force-deleting a bucket
 (#19614)

---
 cmd/bucket-handlers.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
index 2edca90b9..9822e3e7e 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-handlers.go
@@ -1661,7 +1661,7 @@ func (api objectAPIHandlers) DeleteBucketHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.
 					writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMethodNotAllowed), r.URL)
 					return
 				}
-			case rcfg.HasActiveRules("", true):
+			case rcfg != nil && rcfg.HasActiveRules("", true):
 				writeErrorResponse(ctx, w, errorCodes.ToAPIErr(ErrMethodNotAllowed), r.URL)
 				return
 			}