diff --git a/racket/src/racket/src/eval.c b/racket/src/racket/src/eval.c
index d6b926c382..8c70198679 100644
--- a/racket/src/racket/src/eval.c
+++ b/racket/src/racket/src/eval.c
@@ -1004,9 +1004,9 @@ static Scheme_Object *link_toplevel(Scheme_Object **exprs, int which, Scheme_Env
 
     home = scheme_get_bucket_home(b);
     
-    if (!env || !home)
+    if (!env)
       return (Scheme_Object *)b;
-    else if (!home->module)
+    else if (!home || !home->module)
       return (Scheme_Object *)scheme_global_bucket((Scheme_Object *)b->key, env);
     else
       return link_module_variable(home->module->modname,