diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/StreamsBuilderFactoryManager.java b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/StreamsBuilderFactoryManager.java
index c5ca7fcfe..036f90ec1 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/StreamsBuilderFactoryManager.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-streams/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/stream/binder/kafka/streams/StreamsBuilderFactoryManager.java
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ class StreamsBuilderFactoryManager implements SmartLifecycle {
 					streamsBuilderFactoryBean.start();
 					this.kafkaStreamsRegistry.registerKafkaStreams(streamsBuilderFactoryBean);
 				}
-				this.kafkaStreamsBinderMetrics.addMetrics(streamsBuilderFactoryBeans);
+				if (this.kafkaStreamsBinderMetrics != null) {
+					this.kafkaStreamsBinderMetrics.addMetrics(streamsBuilderFactoryBeans);
+				}
 				this.running = true;
 			}
 			catch (Exception ex) {