diff --git a/selfservice/strategy/oidc/strategy_registration.go b/selfservice/strategy/oidc/strategy_registration.go
index 794eaecde83..9df483827ab 100644
--- a/selfservice/strategy/oidc/strategy_registration.go
+++ b/selfservice/strategy/oidc/strategy_registration.go
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ func (s *Strategy) setMetadata(evaluated string, i *identity.Identity, m Metadat
 	}
 
 	metadata := gjson.Get(evaluated, string(m))
-	if !metadata.IsObject() {
+	if metadata.Exists() && !metadata.IsObject() {
 		return errors.WithStack(herodot.ErrInternalServerError.WithReasonf("OpenID Connect Jsonnet mapper did not return an object for key %s. Please check your Jsonnet code!", m))
 	}