diff --git a/lib/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts b/lib/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts
index 5a117bad..d542fc2f 100644
--- a/lib/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts
+++ b/lib/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ export default class ConnectionPool extends EventEmitter {
   getSampleInstance(role: NodeRole): Redis {
     const keys = Object.keys(this.nodeRecords[role]);
     const sampleKey = sample(keys);
-    return this.nodeRecords[role][sampleKey].redis;
+    return this.nodeRecords[role][sampleKey]?.redis;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/test/functional/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts b/test/functional/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04cfd41c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/functional/cluster/ConnectionPool.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { expect } from "chai";
+
+import ConnectionPool from "../../../lib/cluster/ConnectionPool";
+
+describe("The cluster connection pool", () => {
+  describe("when not connected", () => {
+    it("does not throw when fetching a sample node", () => {
+      expect(new ConnectionPool({}).getSampleInstance("all")).to.be.undefined;
+    });
+  });
+});