diff --git a/src/module.c b/src/module.c
index be64af368..65c0f5b3f 100644
--- a/src/module.c
+++ b/src/module.c
@@ -5150,7 +5150,7 @@ RedisModuleTimerID RM_CreateTimer(RedisModuleCtx *ctx, mstime_t period, RedisMod
     timer->module = ctx->module;
     timer->callback = callback;
     timer->data = data;
-    timer->dbid = ctx->client->db->id;
+    timer->dbid = ctx->client ? ctx->client->db->id : 0;
     uint64_t expiretime = ustime()+period*1000;
     uint64_t key;