diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/API/RunDetails/RunDetail.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/API/RunDetails/RunDetail.cs
index 104e428f96..0460b32d61 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/API/RunDetails/RunDetail.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.AutoML/API/RunDetails/RunDetail.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public sealed class RunDetail<TMetrics> : RunDetail
         /// <remarks>
         /// You can use the trained model to obtain predictions on input data.
         /// </remarks>
-        public ITransformer Model { get { return _modelContainer.GetModel(); } }
+        public ITransformer Model { get { return _modelContainer?.GetModel(); } }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Exception encountered during the run. This property is <see langword="null"/> if