diff --git a/packages/core/src/server/socketServer.ts b/packages/core/src/server/socketServer.ts
index a1abcf1e2f..b0c265a6c8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server/socketServer.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/server/socketServer.ts
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ export class SocketServer {
     const statsOptions = getStatsOptions(curStats.compilation.compiler);
     const statsJson = curStats.toJson({ ...defaultStats, ...statsOptions });
 
+    // statsJson is null when the previous compilation is removed on the Rust side
+    if (!statsJson) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     return {
       statsJson,
       root: curStats.compilation.compiler.options.context,