diff --git a/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/Nullness.qll b/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/Nullness.qll
index 6a211e71f45..756fd6a4e3a 100644
--- a/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/Nullness.qll
+++ b/csharp/ql/lib/semmle/code/csharp/dataflow/Nullness.qll
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ private Expr maybeNullExpr(Expr reason) {
     )
   or
   result.(NullCoalescingExpr).getRightOperand() = maybeNullExpr(reason)
+  or
+  result =
+    any(QualifiableExpr qe |
+      qe.isConditional() and
+      qe.getQualifier() = maybeNullExpr(reason)
+    )
 }
 
 /** An expression that may be `null`. */