diff --git a/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryExpressionTranslatingExpressionVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryExpressionTranslatingExpressionVisitor.cs
index 50528bb17a4..59d29ff0ded 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryExpressionTranslatingExpressionVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore.InMemory/Query/Internal/InMemoryExpressionTranslatingExpressionVisitor.cs
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ protected override Expression VisitExtension(Expression extensionExpression)
 
         protected override Expression VisitParameter(ParameterExpression parameterExpression)
         {
-            if (parameterExpression.Name.StartsWith(CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+            if (parameterExpression.Name?.StartsWith(CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal) == true)
             {
                 return Expression.Call(
                     _getParameterValueMethodInfo.MakeGenericMethod(parameterExpression.Type),
diff --git a/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/EntityEqualityRewritingExpressionVisitor.cs b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/EntityEqualityRewritingExpressionVisitor.cs
index a8625507780..1753f5f214a 100644
--- a/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/EntityEqualityRewritingExpressionVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/EFCore/Query/Internal/EntityEqualityRewritingExpressionVisitor.cs
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ private Expression VisitContainsMethodCall(MethodCallExpression methodCallExpres
                 rewrittenSource = Expression.Constant(keyList, keyListType);
             }
             else if (newSource is ParameterExpression listParam
-                && listParam.Name.StartsWith(CompiledQueryCache.CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                && listParam.Name?.StartsWith(CompiledQueryCache.CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal) == true)
             {
                 // The source list is a parameter. Add a runtime parameter that will contain a list of the extracted keys for each execution.
                 var lambda = Expression.Lambda(
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ private Expression CreatePropertyAccessExpression(Expression target, IProperty p
             // If the target is a query parameter, we can't simply add a property access over it, but must instead cause a new
             // parameter to be added at runtime, with the value of the property on the base parameter.
             if (target is ParameterExpression baseParameterExpression
-                && baseParameterExpression.Name.StartsWith(CompiledQueryCache.CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                && baseParameterExpression.Name?.StartsWith(CompiledQueryCache.CompiledQueryParameterPrefix, StringComparison.Ordinal) == true)
             {
                 // Generate an expression to get the base parameter from the query context's parameter list, and extract the
                 // property from that