diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
index 76b65e39c4..d9a00aab85 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/dependency.c
@@ -1092,6 +1092,10 @@ reportDependentObjects(const ObjectAddresses *targetObjects,
 
 		objDesc = getObjectDescription(obj, false);
 
+		/* An object being dropped concurrently doesn't need to be reported */
+		if (objDesc == NULL)
+			continue;
+
 		/*
 		 * If, at any stage of the recursive search, we reached the object via
 		 * an AUTO, INTERNAL, PARTITION, or EXTENSION dependency, then it's
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/pg_shdepend.c b/src/backend/catalog/pg_shdepend.c
index 4b676f5607..e9bf16af3e 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/pg_shdepend.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/pg_shdepend.c
@@ -1231,6 +1231,12 @@ storeObjectDescription(StringInfo descs,
 {
 	char	   *objdesc = getObjectDescription(object, false);
 
+	/*
+	 * An object being dropped concurrently doesn't need to be reported.
+	 */
+	if (objdesc == NULL)
+		return;
+
 	/* separate entries with a newline */
 	if (descs->len != 0)
 		appendStringInfoChar(descs, '\n');