diff --git a/sql/server_component/mysql_server_keyring_lockable_imp.cc b/sql/server_component/mysql_server_keyring_lockable_imp.cc
index 9c94d2ee8c5..7b6eb414e7d 100644
--- a/sql/server_component/mysql_server_keyring_lockable_imp.cc
+++ b/sql/server_component/mysql_server_keyring_lockable_imp.cc
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@ DEFINE_BOOL_METHOD(Keyring_metadata_query_service_impl::is_initialized, ()) {
 DEFINE_BOOL_METHOD(Keyring_metadata_query_service_impl::init,
                    (my_h_keyring_component_metadata_iterator *
                     metadata_iterator)) {
-  if (check_service(internal_keyring_component_metadata_query,
+  if (internal_keyring_component_metadata_query == nullptr ||
+      check_service(internal_keyring_component_metadata_query,
                     COMPONENT_METADATA_QUERY))
     return true;