diff --git a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
index 7eb6a2dea27..2c0a3182d34 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
+++ b/src/bin/pgbench/pgbench.c
@@ -2686,7 +2686,8 @@ findBuiltin(const char *name, char **desc)
 static void
 addScript(const char *name, Command **commands)
 {
-	if (commands == NULL)
+	if (commands == NULL ||
+		commands[0] == NULL)
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "empty command list for script \"%s\"\n", name);
 		exit(1);