diff --git a/reframe/frontend/statistics.py b/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
index 19353d24a5..0deafd3c78 100644
--- a/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
+++ b/reframe/frontend/statistics.py
@@ -45,12 +45,18 @@ def retry_report(self):
         report.append('SUMMARY OF RETRIES')
         report.append(line_width * '-')
         messages = {}
+
         for run in range(1, len(self._tasks)):
             for t in self.get_tasks(run):
-                key = '%s:%s:%s' % (
-                      t.check.name, t.check.current_partition.fullname,
-                      t.check.current_environ.name
-                )
+                partition_name = ''
+                environ_name = ''
+                if t.check.current_partition:
+                    partition_name = t.check.current_partition.fullname
+
+                if t.check.current_environ:
+                    environ_name = t.check.current_environ.name
+
+                key = '%s:%s:%s' % (t.check.name, partition_name, environ_name)
                 # Overwrite entry from previous run if available
                 messages[key] = (
                     '  * Test %s was retried %s time(s) and %s.' %
diff --git a/unittests/test_policies.py b/unittests/test_policies.py
index 4ecf5b869c..9815345328 100644
--- a/unittests/test_policies.py
+++ b/unittests/test_policies.py
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 import unittests.fixtures as fixtures
 from unittests.resources.checks.hellocheck import HelloTest
 from unittests.resources.checks.frontend_checks import (
-    KeyboardInterruptCheck, SleepCheck, SleepCheckPollFail,
-    SleepCheckPollFailLate, BadSetupCheck, RetriesCheck, SystemExitCheck)
+    KeyboardInterruptCheck, SystemExitCheck, SleepCheck, SleepCheckPollFail,
+    SleepCheckPollFailLate, BadSetupCheck, BadSetupCheckEarly, RetriesCheck)
 
 
 class TestSerialExecutionPolicy(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -138,14 +138,17 @@ def test_system_exit_within_test(self):
 
     def test_retries_bad_check(self):
         max_retries = 2
-        checks = [BadSetupCheck()]
+        checks = [BadSetupCheck(), BadSetupCheckEarly()]
         self.runner._max_retries = max_retries
         self.runner.runall(checks)
 
         # Ensure that the test was retried #max_retries times and failed.
-        self.assertEqual(1, self.runner.stats.num_cases())
+        self.assertEqual(2, self.runner.stats.num_cases())
         self.assertEqual(max_retries, rt.runtime().current_run)
-        self.assertEqual(1, self.runner.stats.num_failures())
+        self.assertEqual(2, self.runner.stats.num_failures())
+
+        # Ensure that the report does not raise any exception.
+        self.runner.stats.retry_report()
 
     def test_retries_good_check(self):
         max_retries = 2