diff --git a/hibernate-jfr/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/jfr/internal/JfrEventManager.java b/hibernate-jfr/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/jfr/internal/JfrEventManager.java
index 50a74cde91..b2b786637e 100644
--- a/hibernate-jfr/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/jfr/internal/JfrEventManager.java
+++ b/hibernate-jfr/src/main/java/org/hibernate/event/jfr/internal/JfrEventManager.java
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ public class JfrEventManager implements EventManager {
 	public void completePartialFlushEvent(
 			HibernateMonitoringEvent hibernateMonitoringEvent,
 			AutoFlushEvent event) {
-		if ( event != null ) {
+		if ( event != null && hibernateMonitoringEvent != null) {
 			final PartialFlushEvent flushEvent = (PartialFlushEvent) hibernateMonitoringEvent;
 			flushEvent.end();
 			if ( flushEvent.shouldCommit() ) {