From 5a0943805f7ef3da691bd4f39660346bfc7283d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Javier A. Ortiz Bultron" <javier.ortiz.78@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 09:59:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [SUREFIRE-2202] NullPointerException if super class meets
 specific condition

This closes #673
---
 .../apache/maven/surefire/testng/utils/MethodSelector.java    | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/testng/utils/MethodSelector.java b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/testng/utils/MethodSelector.java
index 42bb4fae03..b5930ad4ef 100644
--- a/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/testng/utils/MethodSelector.java
+++ b/surefire-providers/surefire-testng-utils/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/surefire/testng/utils/MethodSelector.java
@@ -61,7 +61,9 @@ private static boolean shouldRun(ITestNGMethod test) {
         boolean hasTestResolver = resolver != null && !resolver.isEmpty();
         if (hasTestResolver) {
             boolean run = false;
-            for (Class<?> clazz = test.getRealClass(); !run && clazz != Object.class; clazz = clazz.getSuperclass()) {
+            for (Class<?> clazz = test.getRealClass();
+                    !run && clazz != null && clazz != Object.class;
+                    clazz = clazz.getSuperclass()) {
                 run = resolver.shouldRun(clazz, test.getMethodName());
             }
             return run;