diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
index 98b2cb74cc..940ac0dcbf 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/runtime/Operations/MiscOps.cs
@@ -1575,15 +1575,23 @@ namespace System.Management.Automation
         internal static bool SuspendStoppingPipeline(ExecutionContext context)
         {
             LocalPipeline lpl = (LocalPipeline)context.CurrentRunspace.GetCurrentlyRunningPipeline();
-            bool oldIsStopping = lpl.Stopper.IsStopping;
-            lpl.Stopper.IsStopping = false;
-            return oldIsStopping;
+            if (lpl != null)
+            {
+                bool oldIsStopping = lpl.Stopper.IsStopping;
+                lpl.Stopper.IsStopping = false;
+                return oldIsStopping;
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
 
         internal static void RestoreStoppingPipeline(ExecutionContext context, bool oldIsStopping)
         {
             LocalPipeline lpl = (LocalPipeline)context.CurrentRunspace.GetCurrentlyRunningPipeline();
-            lpl.Stopper.IsStopping = oldIsStopping;
+            if (lpl != null)
+            {
+                lpl.Stopper.IsStopping = oldIsStopping;
+            }
         }
 
         internal static void CheckActionPreference(FunctionContext funcContext, Exception exception)
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Eventing.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Eventing.Tests.ps1
index 6509b226c8..eeffcf70ed 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Eventing.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/Eventing.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
-Describe "Event Subscriber Tests" -tags "CI" {
+
+Describe "Event Subscriber Tests" -Tags "Feature" {
     BeforeEach {
         Get-EventSubscriber | Unregister-Event
     }
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ Describe "Event Subscriber Tests" -tags "CI" {
         Get-EventSubscriber | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
         $messageData = new-object psobject
         $job = Start-Job { Start-Sleep -Seconds 5; 1..5 }
-        $eventtest = Register-ObjectEvent $job -EventName StateChanged -SourceIdentifier EventSIDTest -Action {} -MessageData $messageData
+        $null = Register-ObjectEvent $job -EventName StateChanged -SourceIdentifier EventSIDTest -Action {} -MessageData $messageData
         new-event EventSIDTest
 
         wait-event EventSIDTest
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ Describe "Event Subscriber Tests" -tags "CI" {
     It "Access a global variable from an event action." {
         Get-EventSubscriber | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
         set-variable incomingGlobal -scope global -value globVarValue
-        $eventtest = register-engineevent -SourceIdentifier foo -Action {set-variable -scope global -name aglobalvariable -value $incomingGlobal}
+        $null = register-engineevent -SourceIdentifier foo -Action {set-variable -scope global -name aglobalvariable -value $incomingGlobal}
         new-event foo
         $getvar = get-variable aglobalvariable -scope global
         $getvar.Name | Should -Be aglobalvariable
@@ -35,4 +36,18 @@ Describe "Event Subscriber Tests" -tags "CI" {
         Unregister-Event foo
         Get-EventSubscriber | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
     }
+
+    It 'Should not throw when having finally block in Powershell.Exiting Action scriptblock' {
+        $pwsh = "$PSHOME/pwsh"
+        $output = & $pwsh {
+        Register-EngineEvent -SourceIdentifier Powershell.Exiting -Action {
+            try{
+                try{} finally{}
+            }
+            catch{ Write-Host "Exception" -Nonewline }
+        }
+        } | Out-String
+
+        $output | Should -Not -BeLike "*Exception*"
+    }
 }