diff --git a/ant/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ant/Kotlin2JvmTask.kt b/ant/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ant/Kotlin2JvmTask.kt
index b0fa7bf1b8b..28609651daa 100644
--- a/ant/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ant/Kotlin2JvmTask.kt
+++ b/ant/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ant/Kotlin2JvmTask.kt
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class Kotlin2JvmTask : KotlinCompilerBaseTask() {
         if (moduleName == null) {
             if (owningTarget != null) {
                 moduleName = owningTarget.name
-            } else {
+            } else if (getProject() != null) {
                 moduleName = getProject().name
             }
         }