diff --git a/scripts/templates/libapi.cpp.mako b/scripts/templates/libapi.cpp.mako
index c36c9618..95844696 100644
--- a/scripts/templates/libapi.cpp.mako
+++ b/scripts/templates/libapi.cpp.mako
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ ${th.make_func_name(n, tags, obj)}(
         return ${X}_RESULT_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED;
     }
 %if re.match(r"\w+DriverGet$", th.make_func_name(n, tags, obj)):
-    if (${x}_lib::context->${n}DdiTable == nullptr) {
+    if (!${x}_lib::context || ${x}_lib::context->${n}DdiTable == nullptr) {
         return ${X}_RESULT_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED;
     }
 %endif
diff --git a/source/lib/zes_libapi.cpp b/source/lib/zes_libapi.cpp
index 5c0cb2e5..435dca99 100644
--- a/source/lib/zes_libapi.cpp
+++ b/source/lib/zes_libapi.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ zesDriverGet(
     if(ze_lib::destruction) {
         return ZE_RESULT_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED;
     }
-    if (ze_lib::context->zesDdiTable == nullptr) {
+    if (!ze_lib::context || ze_lib::context->zesDdiTable == nullptr) {
         return ZE_RESULT_ERROR_UNINITIALIZED;
     }
     static const zes_pfnDriverGet_t pfnGet = [&result] {