diff --git a/src/env.cc b/src/env.cc
index 56f4344d9e1b5d..64b8fa6e34cc28 100644
--- a/src/env.cc
+++ b/src/env.cc
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ void Environment::AssignToContext(Local<v8::Context> context,
   // Used to retrieve bindings
   context->SetAlignedPointerInEmbedderData(
       ContextEmbedderIndex::kBindingDataStoreIndex,
-      realm->binding_data_store());
+      realm != nullptr ? realm->binding_data_store() : nullptr);
 
   // ContextifyContexts will update this to a pointer to the native object.
   context->SetAlignedPointerInEmbedderData(