diff --git a/lib/moodlelib.php b/lib/moodlelib.php
index 07061d61d509a..872e9395350c5 100644
--- a/lib/moodlelib.php
+++ b/lib/moodlelib.php
@@ -10432,8 +10432,8 @@ function get_performance_info() {
     $info['html'] .= '<span class="included">Included '.$info['includecount'].' files</span> ';
     $info['txt']  .= 'includecount: '.$info['includecount'].' ';
 
-    if (!empty($CFG->early_install_lang)) {
-        // We can not track more performance before installation, sorry.
+    if (!empty($CFG->early_install_lang) or empty($PAGE)) {
+        // We can not track more performance before installation or before PAGE init, sorry.
         return $info;
     }