diff --git a/pkg/broker/ingress/ingress_handler.go b/pkg/broker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
index b5dade97245..44db9e5e037 100644
--- a/pkg/broker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/broker/ingress/ingress_handler.go
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ func NewHandler(logger *zap.Logger, reporter StatsReporter, defaulter client.Eve
 
 	brokerInformer.Informer().AddEventHandler(cache.ResourceEventHandlerFuncs{
 		AddFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			broker, ok := obj.(eventingv1.Broker)
-			if !ok {
+			broker, ok := obj.(*eventingv1.Broker)
+			if !ok || broker == nil || broker.Status.Address == nil {
 				return
 			}
 			kncloudevents.AddOrUpdateAddressableHandler(duckv1.Addressable{
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ func NewHandler(logger *zap.Logger, reporter StatsReporter, defaulter client.Eve
 			})
 		},
 		UpdateFunc: func(_, obj interface{}) {
-			broker, ok := obj.(eventingv1.Broker)
-			if !ok {
+			broker, ok := obj.(*eventingv1.Broker)
+			if !ok || broker == nil || broker.Status.Address == nil {
 				return
 			}
 			kncloudevents.AddOrUpdateAddressableHandler(duckv1.Addressable{
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ func NewHandler(logger *zap.Logger, reporter StatsReporter, defaulter client.Eve
 			})
 		},
 		DeleteFunc: func(obj interface{}) {
-			broker, ok := obj.(eventingv1.Broker)
-			if !ok {
+			broker, ok := obj.(*eventingv1.Broker)
+			if !ok || broker == nil || broker.Status.Address == nil {
 				return
 			}
 			kncloudevents.DeleteAddressableHandler(duckv1.Addressable{