diff --git a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
index fd9a5720e3d..d16e00f4e52 100644
--- a/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
+++ b/sql/ha_ndbcluster.cc
@@ -5373,7 +5373,7 @@ ndb_get_table_statistics(ha_ndbcluster* file, bool report_error, Ndb* ndb,
 retry:
     if(report_error)
     {
-      if (file)
+      if (file && pTrans)
       {
         reterr= file->ndb_err(pTrans);
       }