diff --git a/scm/github/repo.go b/scm/github/repo.go
index 40a6c2bd4..f841f055b 100644
--- a/scm/github/repo.go
+++ b/scm/github/repo.go
@@ -346,6 +346,12 @@ func (c *client) ListUserRepos(u *library.User) ([]*library.Repo, error) {
 
 	// iterate through each repo for the user
 	for _, repo := range r {
+		// skip if the repo is void
+		// fixes an issue with GitHub replication being out of sync
+		if repo == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+
 		// skip if the repo is archived or disabled
 		if repo.GetArchived() || repo.GetDisabled() {
 			continue