diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
index 66e2ed034c63..5cf7cdfb3782 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Typers.scala
@@ -5326,7 +5326,7 @@ trait Typers extends Adaptations with Tags with TypersTracking with PatternTyper
             // xml member to StringContext, which in turn has an unapply[Seq] method)
 
               def checkDubiousAdaptation(sel: Tree): Unit = if (!isPastTyper && settings.lintNumericMethods) {
-                val dubious = ScalaIntegralValueClasses(qualTp.typeSymbol) && (
+                val dubious = ScalaIntegralValueClasses(qualTp.typeSymbol) && sel.symbol != null && (
                   sel.symbol.owner.eq(BoxedFloatClass) || sel.symbol.owner.eq(RichFloatClass))
                 if (dubious)
                   context.warning(tree.pos, s"dubious usage of ${sel.symbol} with integer value", WarningCategory.LintNumericMethods)
diff --git a/test/files/pos/t12812.scala b/test/files/pos/t12812.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..79c35540b26e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/t12812.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+// scalac: -Werror -Xsource:3 -language:postfixOps -Xlint
+
+class C {
+  def foo(max: Int) = (1 to max).map(1 to).foreach(r => println(r.mkString(",")))
+}
+
+//java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "scala.reflect.internal.Symbols$Symbol.owner()" because the return value of "scala.reflect.internal.Trees$Tree.symbol()" is null