diff --git a/util/gutil/gutil.go b/util/gutil/gutil.go
index dd7cd4c62..5ea65c127 100644
--- a/util/gutil/gutil.go
+++ b/util/gutil/gutil.go
@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ func Keys(mapOrStruct interface{}) (keysOrAttrs []string) {
 		reflectValue = reflect.ValueOf(mapOrStruct)
 		reflectKind  = reflectValue.Kind()
 	)
+	if reflectKind == reflect.Ptr {
+		if !reflectValue.IsValid() || reflectValue.IsNil() {
+			reflectValue = reflect.New(reflectValue.Type().Elem()).Elem()
+			reflectKind = reflectValue.Kind()
+		}
+	}
 	for reflectKind == reflect.Ptr {
 		reflectValue = reflectValue.Elem()
 		reflectKind = reflectValue.Kind()
diff --git a/util/gutil/gutil_z_unit_test.go b/util/gutil/gutil_z_unit_test.go
index 783c7e2e8..20d1f91fd 100755
--- a/util/gutil/gutil_z_unit_test.go
+++ b/util/gutil/gutil_z_unit_test.go
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ func Test_Keys(t *testing.T) {
 		keys := gutil.Keys(new(T))
 		t.Assert(keys, g.SliceStr{"A", "B"})
 	})
+
+	gtest.C(t, func(t *gtest.T) {
+		type T struct {
+			A string
+			B int
+		}
+		var pointer *T
+		keys := gutil.Keys(pointer)
+		t.Assert(keys, g.SliceStr{"A", "B"})
+	})
 }
 
 func Test_Values(t *testing.T) {