diff --git a/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go b/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go
index 5930ec8cff..16d037785a 100644
--- a/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go
+++ b/cmd/argocd/commands/cluster.go
@@ -109,9 +109,20 @@ func printKubeContexts(ca clientcmd.ConfigAccess) {
 	}
 	sort.Strings(contextNames)
 
+	if config.Clusters == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
 	for _, name := range contextNames {
+		// ignore malformed kube config entries
 		context := config.Contexts[name]
+		if context == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		cluster := config.Clusters[context.Cluster]
+		if cluster == nil {
+			continue
+		}
 		prefix := " "
 		if config.CurrentContext == name {
 			prefix = "*"