diff --git a/src/applications/celerity/CelerityStaticResourceResponse.php b/src/applications/celerity/CelerityStaticResourceResponse.php
index f3412ad4cc..3f34b7634f 100644
--- a/src/applications/celerity/CelerityStaticResourceResponse.php
+++ b/src/applications/celerity/CelerityStaticResourceResponse.php
@@ -144,8 +144,11 @@ final class CelerityStaticResourceResponse {
     $uri = $this->getURI($map, $name);
     $type = $map->getResourceTypeForName($name);
 
-    $event_type = MultimeterEvent::TYPE_STATIC_RESOURCE;
-    MultimeterControl::getInstance()->newEvent($event_type, 'rsrc.'.$name, 1);
+    $multimeter = MultimeterControl::getInstance();
+    if ($multimeter) {
+      $event_type = MultimeterEvent::TYPE_STATIC_RESOURCE;
+      $multimeter->newEvent($event_type, 'rsrc.'.$name, 1);
+    }
 
     switch ($type) {
       case 'css':