diff --git a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
index 503c8bc840a..06b43e15745 100644
--- a/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
+++ b/src/backend/jit/llvm/llvmjit.c
@@ -1297,7 +1297,8 @@ llvm_create_object_layer(void *Ctx, LLVMOrcExecutionSessionRef ES, const char *T
 	{
 		LLVMJITEventListenerRef l = LLVMCreatePerfJITEventListener();
 
-		LLVMOrcRTDyldObjectLinkingLayerRegisterJITEventListener(objlayer, l);
+		if (l)
+			LLVMOrcRTDyldObjectLinkingLayerRegisterJITEventListener(objlayer, l);
 	}
 #endif