diff --git a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/LoomTasks.java b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/LoomTasks.java
index 2ac3aadd..59a596e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/LoomTasks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/fabricmc/loom/task/LoomTasks.java
@@ -114,6 +114,13 @@ public final class LoomTasks {
 
 		project.afterEvaluate(p -> {
 			MappingsProviderImpl mappingsProvider = extension.getMappingsProvider();
+			if (mappingsProvider.mappedProvider == null) {
+				// If this is ever null something has gone badly wrong,
+				// for some reason for another this afterEvaluate still gets called when something has gone badly
+				// wrong, returning here seems to produce nicer errors.
+				return;
+			}
+
 			File inputJar = mappingsProvider.mappedProvider.getMappedJar();
 
 			if (mappingsProvider.hasUnpickDefinitions()) {