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diff --git a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index 4afb6166f1b..d5ad837331e 100644
--- a/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/src/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ vpp_api = ffi.dlopen('libvppapiclient.so')
 def vpp_atexit(vpp_weakref):
     """Clean up VPP connection on shutdown."""
     vpp_instance = vpp_weakref()
-    if vpp_instance.connected:
+    if vpp_instance and vpp_instance.connected:
         vpp_instance.logger.debug('Cleaning up VPP on exit')
         vpp_instance.disconnect()