diff --git a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
index f3175793ebe..6c8341c1115 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/services/web-servers/nginx/default.nix
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ in
         ProtectControlGroups = true;
         RestrictAddressFamilies = [ "AF_UNIX" "AF_INET" "AF_INET6" ];
         LockPersonality = true;
-        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = !(builtins.any (mod: (mod.allowMemoryWriteExecute or false)) cfg.package.modules);
+        MemoryDenyWriteExecute = !(builtins.any (mod: (mod.allowMemoryWriteExecute or false)) (optionals (cfg.package ? modules) cfg.package.modules));
         RestrictRealtime = true;
         RestrictSUIDSGID = true;
         PrivateMounts = true;
diff --git a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
index aad46be30b2..0c33ab431de 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/http/nginx/mainline.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 { callPackage, ... }@args:
 
 callPackage ./generic.nix args {
-  version = "1.19.7";
-  sha256 = "03mmfnkhayn8vm2yhs3ngvif6275c368ymx8wvhsbls11h1dvr3s";
+  version = "1.19.8";
+  sha256 = "01cb6hsaik1sfjihbrldmwrcn54gk4plfy350sl1b4rml6qik29h";
 }