diff --git a/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go b/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
index 492bef67b1..b1637bd63b 100644
--- a/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
+++ b/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ func (r *gatewayAPIReconciler) processBtpConfigMapRefs(
 ) error {
 	for _, policy := range resourceTree.BackendTrafficPolicies {
 		for _, ro := range policy.Spec.ResponseOverride {
-			if ro.Response.Body != nil && ro.Response.Body.ValueRef != nil && string(ro.Response.Body.ValueRef.Kind) == resource.KindConfigMap {
+			if ro.Response != nil && ro.Response.Body != nil && ro.Response.Body.ValueRef != nil && string(ro.Response.Body.ValueRef.Kind) == resource.KindConfigMap {
 				configMap := new(corev1.ConfigMap)
 				err := r.client.Get(ctx,
 					types.NamespacedName{Namespace: policy.Namespace, Name: string(ro.Response.Body.ValueRef.Name)},
diff --git a/internal/provider/kubernetes/indexers.go b/internal/provider/kubernetes/indexers.go
index 11418f63da..2b9b5efdb3 100644
--- a/internal/provider/kubernetes/indexers.go
+++ b/internal/provider/kubernetes/indexers.go
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ func configMapBtpIndexFunc(rawObj client.Object) []string {
 	var configMapReferences []string
 
 	for _, ro := range btp.Spec.ResponseOverride {
-		if ro.Response.Body != nil && ro.Response.Body.ValueRef != nil {
+		if ro.Response != nil && ro.Response.Body != nil && ro.Response.Body.ValueRef != nil {
 			if string(ro.Response.Body.ValueRef.Kind) == resource.KindConfigMap {
 				configMapReferences = append(configMapReferences,
 					types.NamespacedName{
diff --git a/internal/provider/kubernetes/predicates_test.go b/internal/provider/kubernetes/predicates_test.go
index 61125e80a4..7478febea0 100644
--- a/internal/provider/kubernetes/predicates_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/kubernetes/predicates_test.go
@@ -286,6 +286,42 @@ func TestValidateConfigMapForReconcile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestValidateBackendTrafficPolicyForReconcileWithRedirectResponseOverride tests the validateBackendTrafficPolicyForReconcile
+// predicate function with a redirect response override.
+func TestValidateBackendTrafficPolicyForReconcileWithRedirectResponseOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	btpWithRedirect := &egv1a1.BackendTrafficPolicy{
+		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+			Name:      "response-override",
+			Namespace: "envoy-gateway-system",
+		},
+		Spec: egv1a1.BackendTrafficPolicySpec{
+			ResponseOverride: []*egv1a1.ResponseOverride{
+				{
+					Match: egv1a1.CustomResponseMatch{
+						StatusCodes: []egv1a1.StatusCodeMatch{
+							{
+								Type: &[]egv1a1.StatusCodeValueType{egv1a1.StatusCodeValueTypeRange}[0],
+								Range: &egv1a1.StatusCodeRange{
+									Start: 500,
+									End:   511,
+								},
+							},
+						},
+					},
+					// Using redirect instead of response causes ro.Response to be nil
+					Redirect: &egv1a1.CustomRedirect{
+						Hostname:   &[]gwapiv1.PreciseHostname{"custom-errors.example.com"}[0],
+						StatusCode: &[]int{302}[0],
+						Scheme:     &[]string{"https"}[0],
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	result := configMapBtpIndexFunc(btpWithRedirect)
+	require.Empty(t, result)
+}
+
 // TestValidateSecretForReconcile tests the validateSecretForReconcile
 // predicate function.
 func TestValidateSecretForReconcile(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/release-notes/current.yaml b/release-notes/current.yaml
index 428d2defd6..5cc1b58fee 100644
--- a/release-notes/current.yaml
+++ b/release-notes/current.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ bug fixes: |
   Fixed log formatting of improper key-value pairs to avoid DPANIC in controller-runtime logger.
   Fixed handling of context-related transient errors to prevent incorrect state reconciliation and unintended behavior.
   Fixed the controller cannot read the EnvoyProxy attached gatewayclass only.
+  Fixed indexer and controller crashing when BackendTrafficPolicy has a redirect response override.
 
 # Enhancements that improve performance.
 performance improvements: |