diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript.cpp
index 99460252d72..64258ee8d31 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ void GDScript::_super_implicit_constructor(GDScript *p_script, GDScriptInstance
 			return;
 		}
 	}
+	ERR_FAIL_NULL(p_script->implicit_initializer);
 	p_script->implicit_initializer->call(p_instance, nullptr, 0, r_error);
 }