diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/src/ActualApiResponseMetadataFactory.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/src/ActualApiResponseMetadataFactory.cs
index e0e2bed844f5..5524a957151f 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/src/ActualApiResponseMetadataFactory.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/src/ActualApiResponseMetadataFactory.cs
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ void AnalyzeResponseExpression(IReturnOperation returnOperation)
 
         var statementReturnType = returnedValue.Type;
 
-        if (!symbolCache.IActionResult.IsAssignableFrom(statementReturnType))
+        if (statementReturnType is not null && !symbolCache.IActionResult.IsAssignableFrom(statementReturnType))
         {
             // Return expression is not an instance of IActionResult. Must be returning the "model".
             return new ActualApiResponseMetadata(returnOperation, statementReturnType);
         }
 
         var defaultStatusCodeAttribute = statementReturnType
-            .GetAttributes(defaultStatusCodeAttributeSymbol, inherit: true)
-            .FirstOrDefault();
+            ?.GetAttributes(defaultStatusCodeAttributeSymbol, inherit: true)
+            ?.FirstOrDefault();
 
         // If the type is not annotated with a default status code, then examine
         // the attributes on any invoked method returning the type.
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ private static bool TryGetStatusCode(
         return false;
     }
 
-    internal static int? GetDefaultStatusCode(AttributeData attribute)
+    internal static int? GetDefaultStatusCode(AttributeData? attribute)
     {
         if (attribute != null &&
             attribute.ConstructorArguments.Length == 1 &&
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest.cs
index caeefe7af91e..632f67e1da77 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest.cs
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ public Task NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForReturnStatementsInLambdas()
     public Task NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForReturnStatementsInLocalFunctions()
         => RunNoDiagnosticsAreReturned();
 
+    [Fact]
+    public Task NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForApiController_WhenMethodNeverReturns()
+        => RunNoDiagnosticsAreReturned();
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task DiagnosticsAreReturned_ForIncompleteActionResults()
     {
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/TestFiles/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest/NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForApiController_WhenMethodNeverReturns.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/TestFiles/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest/NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForApiController_WhenMethodNeverReturns.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..900d178a5623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Api.Analyzers/test/TestFiles/ApiConventionAnalyzerIntegrationTest/NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForApiController_WhenMethodNeverReturns.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Api.Analyzers;
+
+using System;
+
+[ApiController]
+[Route("[controller]/[action]")]
+public class NoDiagnosticsAreReturned_ForApiController_WhenMethodNeverReturns : ControllerBase
+{
+    public IActionResult GetItem() => throw new NotImplementedException();
+}