diff --git a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobInfo.java b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobInfo.java
index 8f571ff551..a7a0e25603 100644
--- a/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobInfo.java
+++ b/google-cloud-bigquery/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigquery/JobInfo.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static final class BuilderImpl extends Builder {
       if (jobPb.getStatus() != null) {
         this.status = JobStatus.fromPb(jobPb.getStatus());
       }
-      if (jobPb.getStatistics() != null) {
+      if (jobPb.getStatistics() != null && jobPb.getConfiguration() != null) {
         this.statistics = JobStatistics.fromPb(jobPb);
       }
       this.userEmail = jobPb.getUserEmail();