From f2a3169fabffc39b63b8b4890c88f2a07be14b1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shraddha Bang <shrabang@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:02:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix controller crash due enabling shield protection after AWS
 SDK Go v2 upgrades

---
 pkg/deploy/shield/protection_manager.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/deploy/shield/protection_manager.go b/pkg/deploy/shield/protection_manager.go
index 12f98529d..b8266fbad 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/shield/protection_manager.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/shield/protection_manager.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (m *defaultProtectionManager) GetProtection(ctx context.Context, resourceAR
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
-	if resp.Protection != nil {
+	if resp != nil && resp.Protection != nil {
 		protectionInfo = &ProtectionInfo{
 			Name: awssdk.ToString(resp.Protection.Name),
 			ID:   awssdk.ToString(resp.Protection.Id),