From 6352b46657d264895390886dc92eba2ce5a50e63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Hiendl <davidhiendl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 10:32:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed exception when collection selects non-existent
 attribute in PR #2993 (#3038)

---
 app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Collection/Abstract.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Collection/Abstract.php b/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Collection/Abstract.php
index c6ff2e91992..b00181f8885 100644
--- a/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Collection/Abstract.php
+++ b/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Collection/Abstract.php
@@ -438,6 +438,10 @@ public function addAttributeToSelect($attribute, $joinType = false)
             } else {
                 $attrInstance = Mage::getSingleton('eav/config')
                     ->getAttribute($this->getEntity()->getType(), $attribute);
+                // failure to resolve an attribute from the eav config implies it does not exist
+                if (empty($attrInstance)) {
+                    return $this;
+                }
             }
             if (empty($attrInstance)) {
                 throw Mage::exception(