diff --git a/src/Reporter.cc b/src/Reporter.cc
index 39d38dcee8..4cbc371873 100644
--- a/src/Reporter.cc
+++ b/src/Reporter.cc
@@ -380,6 +380,10 @@ bool Reporter::PermitFlowWeird(const char* name,
 
 bool Reporter::PermitExpiredConnWeird(const char* name, const RecordVal& conn_id)
 	{
+	if ( !conn_id.HasField("orig_h") || !conn_id.HasField("resp_h") ||
+	     !conn_id.HasField("orig_p") || !conn_id.HadField("resp_p") )
+		return false;
+
 	auto conn_tuple = std::make_tuple(conn_id.GetFieldAs<AddrVal>("orig_h"),
 	                                  conn_id.GetFieldAs<AddrVal>("resp_h"),
 	                                  conn_id.GetFieldAs<PortVal>("orig_p")->Port(),
diff --git a/src/Val.h b/src/Val.h
index ef04bfa206..7694532871 100644
--- a/src/Val.h
+++ b/src/Val.h
@@ -1202,6 +1202,18 @@ public:
 		return (*record_val)[field] ? true : false;
 		}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns true if the given field is in the record, false if
+	 * it's missing.
+	 * @param field  The field name to retrieve.
+	 * @return  Whether there's a value for the given field name.
+	 */
+	bool HasField(const char *field) const
+		{
+		int idx = GetType()->AsRecordType()->FieldOffset(field);
+		return HasField(idx);
+		}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the value of a given field index.
 	 * @param field  The field index to retrieve.