diff --git a/CHANGELOG.adoc b/CHANGELOG.adoc
index 834913eb8..e0b49f550 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.adoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.adoc
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@
 [cols="1,10,3", options="header", width="100%"]
 |===
 | | Description | PR
+
+| 🐛
+| Fixed panic in `kn channel list`
+| https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1568[#1568]
+
 | 🗑
 | Remove deprecated Hugo frontmatter generation for docs
 | https://github.com/knative/client/pull/1563[#1563]
diff --git a/pkg/kn/commands/channel/flags.go b/pkg/kn/commands/channel/flags.go
index a9832782b..d5673ee60 100644
--- a/pkg/kn/commands/channel/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/kn/commands/channel/flags.go
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ func printChannel(channel *messagingv1.Channel, options hprinters.PrintOptions)
 	}
 
 	name := channel.Name
-	ctype := channel.Spec.ChannelTemplate.Kind
+	template := channel.Spec.ChannelTemplate
+
+	var ctype string
+	if template == nil {
+		ctype = ""
+	} else {
+		ctype = template.Kind
+	}
 	url := ""
 	if channel.Status.Address != nil {
 		url = channel.Status.Address.URL.String()