diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseTable.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseTable.java
index bfa9cb7ce519..08aef4b3a0eb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseTable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/iceberg/BaseTable.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import org.apache.iceberg.io.LocationProvider;
 import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.LoggingMetricsReporter;
 import org.apache.iceberg.metrics.MetricsReporter;
+import org.apache.iceberg.relocated.com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 
 /**
  * Base {@link Table} implementation.
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ public BaseTable(TableOperations ops, String name) {
   }
 
   public BaseTable(TableOperations ops, String name, MetricsReporter reporter) {
+    Preconditions.checkNotNull(reporter, "reporter cannot be null");
     this.ops = ops;
     this.name = name;
     this.reporter = reporter;