diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-09-07-22-49-37.gh-issue-96652.YqOKxI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-09-07-22-49-37.gh-issue-96652.YqOKxI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1d04db7b2a2531
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-09-07-22-49-37.gh-issue-96652.YqOKxI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix the faulthandler implementation of ``faulthandler.register(signal,
+chain=True)`` if the ``sigaction()`` function is not available: don't call
+the previous signal handler if it's NULL. Patch by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/faulthandler.c b/Modules/faulthandler.c
index 4af8702068b14b..3ae62692e9677a 100644
--- a/Modules/faulthandler.c
+++ b/Modules/faulthandler.c
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ faulthandler_user(int signum)
         errno = save_errno;
     }
 #else
-    if (user->chain) {
+    if (user->chain && user->previous != NULL) {
         errno = save_errno;
         /* call the previous signal handler */
         user->previous(signum);