diff --git a/js/src/xpconnect/shell/xpcshell.cpp b/js/src/xpconnect/shell/xpcshell.cpp
index 9dd68b851458..70e81dbd4c50 100644
--- a/js/src/xpconnect/shell/xpcshell.cpp
+++ b/js/src/xpconnect/shell/xpcshell.cpp
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
     // Shut down the crashreporter service to prevent leaking some strings it holds.
     if (crashReporter) {
         crashReporter->SetEnabled(PR_FALSE);
-        crashReporter = null;
+        crashReporter = nsnull;
     }
 #endif