diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
index e8defa1924b..58f6682bb88 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+* Fix null reference exception when a metric view does not match an instrument.
+  ([#3285](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-dotnet/pull/3285))
+
 ## 1.3.0-beta.2
 
 Released 2022-May-16
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MeterProviderSdk.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MeterProviderSdk.cs
index 7906e27e532..437685f32a4 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MeterProviderSdk.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MeterProviderSdk.cs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ internal MeterProviderSdk(
                                 // The SDK provides some static MetricStreamConfigurations.
                                 // For example, the Drop configuration. The static ViewId
                                 // should not be changed for these configurations.
-                                if (!metricStreamConfig.ViewId.HasValue)
+                                if (metricStreamConfig != null && !metricStreamConfig.ViewId.HasValue)
                                 {
                                     metricStreamConfig.ViewId = i;
                                 }