diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index f298ec760..f9f654b42 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -4463,7 +4463,7 @@ RedisModuleCtx *RM_GetThreadSafeContext(RedisModuleBlockedClient *bc) {
     ctx->client = createClient(NULL);
     if (bc) {
         selectDb(ctx->client,bc->dbid);
-        ctx->client->id = bc->client->id;
+        if (bc->client) ctx->client->id = bc->client->id;
     }
     return ctx;
 }