diff --git a/handler.go b/handler.go
index 7b4c26330..2dad6260d 100644
--- a/handler.go
+++ b/handler.go
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	h.Router.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	dif := time.Since(t)
 
-	if h.Holder != nil {
+	if h.Holder != nil && h.Cluster != nil {
 		// Handle some stats tagging
 		statsTags := make([]string, 0, 3)