diff --git a/sessions.go b/sessions.go
index c052b28..97b8237 100644
--- a/sessions.go
+++ b/sessions.go
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ func (s *Registry) Get(store Store, name string) (session *Session, err error) {
 		session, err = info.s, info.e
 	} else {
 		session, err = store.New(s.request, name)
+		// store.New may return a nil session together with an error. Guard
+		// against dereferencing it (previously this panicked with a nil deref
+		// when a store's New returned (nil, err)).
+		if session == nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		session.name = name
 		s.sessions[name] = sessionInfo{s: session, e: err}
 	}
diff --git a/sessions_get_error_test.go b/sessions_get_error_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf677c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sessions_get_error_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package sessions
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// storeReturningError is a Store whose New always fails, returning a nil
+// session together with an error.
+type storeReturningError struct{}
+
+func (storeReturningError) Get(r *http.Request, name string) (*Session, error) {
+	return nil, http.ErrNoCookie
+}
+
+func (storeReturningError) New(r *http.Request, name string) (*Session, error) {
+	return nil, http.ErrNoCookie
+}
+
+func (storeReturningError) Save(r *http.Request, w http.ResponseWriter, s *Session) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// TestRegistryGet_StoreNewError verifies that Registry.Get does not panic with
+// a nil-pointer dereference when a store's New returns (nil, err); it should
+// surface the error instead.
+func TestRegistryGet_StoreNewError(t *testing.T) {
+	req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodGet, "/", nil)
+	reg := GetRegistry(req)
+
+	session, err := reg.Get(storeReturningError{}, "session-name")
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected an error from Get when store.New fails")
+	}
+	if session != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected a nil session when store.New fails, got %#v", session)
+	}
+}