diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
index cca505e936..3c72add8fc 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Additional documentation and release notes are available at [Multiplayer Documen
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Fixed issue by adding null checks in `NetworkVariableBase.CanClientRead` and `NetworkVariableBase.CanClientWrite` methods to ensure safe access to `NetworkBehaviour`. (#3011)
 - Fixed issue using collections within `NetworkVariable` where the collection would not detect changes to items or nested items. (#3005)
 - Fixed issue where `List`, `Dictionary`, and `HashSet` collections would not uniquely duplicate nested collections. (#3005)
 - Fixed Issue where a state with dual triggers, inbound and outbound, could cause a false layer to layer state transition message to be sent to non-authority `NetworkAnimator` instances and cause a warning message to be logged. (#2999)
diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/NetworkVariable/NetworkVariableBase.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/NetworkVariable/NetworkVariableBase.cs
index 33f5fffb62..8c7db22a24 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/NetworkVariable/NetworkVariableBase.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/NetworkVariable/NetworkVariableBase.cs
@@ -243,6 +243,11 @@ public virtual bool IsDirty()
         /// <returns>Whether or not the client has permission to read</returns>
         public bool CanClientRead(ulong clientId)
         {
+            if (!m_NetworkBehaviour)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             switch (ReadPerm)
             {
                 default:
@@ -260,6 +265,11 @@ public bool CanClientRead(ulong clientId)
         /// <returns>Whether or not the client has permission to write</returns>
         public bool CanClientWrite(ulong clientId)
         {
+            if (!m_NetworkBehaviour)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             switch (WritePerm)
             {
                 default: