diff --git a/hibernate-agroal/src/main/java/org/hibernate/agroal/internal/AgroalConnectionProvider.java b/hibernate-agroal/src/main/java/org/hibernate/agroal/internal/AgroalConnectionProvider.java
index 4db6f88c81..c53b6c66d3 100644
--- a/hibernate-agroal/src/main/java/org/hibernate/agroal/internal/AgroalConnectionProvider.java
+++ b/hibernate-agroal/src/main/java/org/hibernate/agroal/internal/AgroalConnectionProvider.java
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ public class AgroalConnectionProvider implements ConnectionProvider, Configurabl
 
 	@Override
 	public void stop() {
-		agroalDataSource.close();
+		if ( agroalDataSource != null ) {
+			agroalDataSource.close();
+		}
 	}
 }