diff --git a/matrix.go b/matrix.go
index 45f89ba..4a71ec3 100644
--- a/matrix.go
+++ b/matrix.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (g *generator[T]) elem() T {
 		ftype := field.Type()
 		val := g.dims[i][g.n[i]]
 
-		if ftype.Kind() == reflect.Pointer {
+		if ftype.Kind() == reflect.Pointer && !val.IsNil() {
 			ptr := reflect.New(val.Type().Elem())
 			ptr.Elem().Set(val.Elem())
 			field.Set(ptr)
diff --git a/matrix_test.go b/matrix_test.go
index 39c681f..4371883 100644
--- a/matrix_test.go
+++ b/matrix_test.go
@@ -122,3 +122,23 @@ func TestSeq_UnexportedField(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tm.AssertExpectations(t)
 }
+
+func TestNilPointers(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	type tcase struct {
+		Y *int
+	}
+
+	expected := []tcase{
+		{Y: nil},
+		{Y: ptrTo(1)},
+	}
+	generated := slices.Collect(Generate(t, tcase{},
+		[]*int{nil, ptrTo(1)}))
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, generated) {
+		t.Logf("Expected: %v, got: %v", expected, generated)
+		t.Fail()
+	}
+}