diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegexBase.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegexBase.cs
index d605d59e417..91a606e3d53 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegexBase.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.Common/Rules/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegexBase.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ protected override void Initialize(SonarAnalysisContext context)
             Language.GeneratedCodeRecognizer,
             c =>
             {
-                if (IsRegexMatchMethod(Language.Syntax.NodeIdentifier(c.Node).Value.Text)
+                if (IsRegexMatchMethod(Language.Syntax.NodeIdentifier(c.Node).GetValueOrDefault().Text)
                     && RegexMethodLacksTimeout(c.Node, c.SemanticModel))
                 {
                     c.ReportIssue(Diagnostic.Create(Rule, c.Node.GetLocation()));
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/RuleFailure/SpecialCases.vb b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/RuleFailure/SpecialCases.vb
index c93483a6751..0725daac5ad 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/RuleFailure/SpecialCases.vb
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/RuleFailure/SpecialCases.vb
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Namespace TestCasesForRuleFailure
         Public Sub ParamsMethod(i As Integer, ParamArray j() As Integer)
         End Sub
 
+        Public Sub ArgListMethod(__arglist)
+            ArgListMethod("__arglist"(""))
+        End Sub
+
         Public Shared Widening Operator CType(c As SpecialCases) As String
             Return ""
         End Operator
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.cs
index f8bfe4e050c..d5f6e0e9414 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ void Static(RegexOptions options)
     }
 }
 
+class DoesNotCrash
+{
+    void MethodWitoutIdentifier(__arglist)
+    {
+        MethodWitoutIdentifier(__arglist(""));
+    }
+}
+
 namespace NoSystem
 {
     public class Regex
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.vb b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.vb
index 421349f930a..6275c3d224e 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.vb
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/TestCases/SpecifyTimeoutOnRegex.vb
@@ -47,3 +47,9 @@ Class Noncompliant
         Dim split = Regex.Split("some input", "some pattern", options) ' Noncompliant
     End Sub
 End Class
+
+Class DoesNotCrash
+    Private Sub MethodWitoutIdentifier(__arglist)
+        MethodWitoutIdentifier("__arglist"(""))
+    End Sub
+End Class