Index: include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
===================================================================
--- include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
+++ include/clang/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchers.h
@@ -3567,8 +3567,9 @@
 /// \c recordDecl(hasDeclContext(namedDecl(hasName("M")))) matches the
 /// declaration of \c class \c D.
 AST_MATCHER_P(Decl, hasDeclContext, internal::Matcher<Decl>, InnerMatcher) {
-  return InnerMatcher.matches(*Decl::castFromDeclContext(Node.getDeclContext()),
-                              Finder, Builder);
+  const DeclContext *DC = Node.getDeclContext();
+  if (!DC) return false;
+  return InnerMatcher.matches(*Decl::castFromDeclContext(DC), Finder, Builder);
 }
 
 /// \brief Matches nested name specifiers.
Index: unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersTest.cpp
===================================================================
--- unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersTest.cpp
+++ unittests/ASTMatchers/ASTMatchersTest.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,8 @@
                       "}",
                       recordDecl(hasDeclContext(namespaceDecl(
                           hasName("M"), hasDeclContext(namespaceDecl()))))));
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(matches("class D{};", decl(hasDeclContext(decl()))));
 }
 
 TEST(DeclarationMatcher, LinkageSpecification) {