From f8808dba9b9039bba769a94547080a303dbcfc4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rapptz <rapptz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2020 21:18:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Guard uses of the keep alive thread in case they're None

Fixes #5800
---
 discord/gateway.py | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/discord/gateway.py b/discord/gateway.py
index a4a39186c..81ff69b8c 100644
--- a/discord/gateway.py
+++ b/discord/gateway.py
@@ -398,12 +398,14 @@ class DiscordWebSocket:
                 raise ReconnectWebSocket(self.shard_id)
 
             if op == self.HEARTBEAT_ACK:
-                self._keep_alive.ack()
+                if self._keep_alive:
+                    self._keep_alive.ack()
                 return
 
             if op == self.HEARTBEAT:
-                beat = self._keep_alive.get_payload()
-                await self.send_as_json(beat)
+                if self._keep_alive:
+                    beat = self._keep_alive.get_payload()
+                    await self.send_as_json(beat)
                 return
 
             if op == self.HELLO: