diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/packs/ResourcePackLoader.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/packs/ResourcePackLoader.java
index 08da380c8..369de3847 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/packs/ResourcePackLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraftforge/fml/packs/ResourcePackLoader.java
@@ -19,14 +19,7 @@
 
 package net.minecraftforge.fml.packs;
 
-import net.minecraft.resources.IPackFinder;
-import net.minecraft.resources.ResourcePackInfo;
-import net.minecraft.resources.ResourcePackList;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModList;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFile;
-import net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileInfo;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import static net.minecraftforge.fml.Logging.CORE;
 
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -34,7 +27,19 @@ import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import static net.minecraftforge.fml.Logging.CORE;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+
+import net.minecraft.resources.IPackFinder;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourcePackInfo;
+import net.minecraft.resources.ResourcePackList;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModList;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoader;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoadingStage;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.ModLoadingWarning;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFile;
+import net.minecraftforge.fml.loading.moddiscovery.ModFileInfo;
+import net.minecraftforge.forgespi.language.IModInfo;
 
 public class ResourcePackLoader
 {
@@ -63,8 +68,14 @@ public class ResourcePackLoader
         {
             for (Entry<ModFile, ModFileResourcePack> e : modResourcePacks.entrySet())
             {
-                final String name = "mod:" + e.getKey().getModInfos().get(0).getModId();
+                IModInfo mod = e.getKey().getModInfos().get(0);
+                final String name = "mod:" + mod.getModId();
                 final T packInfo = ResourcePackInfo.func_195793_a(name, true, e::getValue, factory, ResourcePackInfo.Priority.BOTTOM);
+                if (packInfo == null) {
+                    // Vanilla only logs an error, instead of propagating, so handle null and warn that something went wrong
+                    ModLoader.get().addWarning(new ModLoadingWarning(mod, ModLoadingStage.ERROR, "fml.modloading.brokenresources", e.getKey()));
+                    continue;
+                }
                 e.getValue().setPackInfo(packInfo);
                 LOGGER.debug(CORE, "Generating PackInfo named {} for mod file {}", name, e.getKey().getFilePath());
                 packList.put(name, packInfo);
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json b/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
index 7ea486dbd..a30ccd770 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/forge/lang/en_us.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
   "fml.modloading.cycle": "Detected a mod dependency cycle: {0}",
   "fml.modloading.failedtoprocesswork":"{0,modinfo,name} ({0,modinfo,id}) encountered an error processing deferred work\n\u00a77{2,exc,msg}",
   "fml.modloading.brokenfile": "File {2} is not a valid mod file",
+  "fml.modloading.brokenresources": "File {2} failed to load a valid ResourcePackInfo",
 
   "fml.messages.artifactversion.ornotinstalled":"{0,ornull,fml.messages.artifactversion.notinstalled}",
   "fml.messages.artifactversion":"{0,ornull,fml.messages.artifactversion.none}",