diff --git a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
index 928b043669..5d23c82ded 100644
--- a/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
+++ b/lib/reline/line_editor.rb
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ class Reline::LineEditor
         raise Encoding::CompatibilityError, "#{target.encoding.name} is not comaptible with #{i.encoding.name}"
       end
       if @config.completion_ignore_case
-        i&.downcase.start_with?(target.downcase)
+        i&.downcase&.start_with?(target.downcase)
       else
         i&.start_with?(target)
       end
diff --git a/test/reline/test_key_actor_emacs.rb b/test/reline/test_key_actor_emacs.rb
index cd5b926afe..4e3184bd3f 100644
--- a/test/reline/test_key_actor_emacs.rb
+++ b/test/reline/test_key_actor_emacs.rb
@@ -1363,6 +1363,51 @@ class Reline::KeyActor::Emacs::Test < Reline::TestCase
     assert_line('abcde foo_o_ ABCDE')
   end
 
+  def test_completion_with_nil_value
+    @line_editor.completion_proc = proc { |word|
+      %w{
+        foo_foo
+        foo_bar
+        Foo_baz
+        qux
+      }.map { |i|
+        i.encode(@encoding)
+      }.prepend(nil)
+    }
+    @config.completion_ignore_case = true
+    input_keys('fo')
+    assert_byte_pointer_size('fo')
+    assert_cursor(2)
+    assert_cursor_max(2)
+    assert_line('fo')
+    assert_equal(nil, @line_editor.instance_variable_get(:@menu_info))
+    input_keys("\C-i", false)
+    assert_byte_pointer_size('foo_')
+    assert_cursor(4)
+    assert_cursor_max(4)
+    assert_line('foo_')
+    assert_equal(nil, @line_editor.instance_variable_get(:@menu_info))
+    input_keys("\C-i", false)
+    assert_byte_pointer_size('foo_')
+    assert_cursor(4)
+    assert_cursor_max(4)
+    assert_line('foo_')
+    assert_equal(%w{foo_foo foo_bar Foo_baz}, @line_editor.instance_variable_get(:@menu_info).list)
+    input_keys('a')
+    input_keys("\C-i", false)
+    assert_byte_pointer_size('foo_a')
+    assert_cursor(5)
+    assert_cursor_max(5)
+    assert_line('foo_a')
+    input_keys("\C-h", false)
+    input_keys('b')
+    input_keys("\C-i", false)
+    assert_byte_pointer_size('foo_ba')
+    assert_cursor(6)
+    assert_cursor_max(6)
+    assert_line('foo_ba')
+  end
+
   def test_em_kill_region
     input_keys('abc   def{bbb}ccc   ddd   ')
     assert_byte_pointer_size('abc   def{bbb}ccc   ddd   ')