diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
index 830f54c6a8afa..fadf297e9f6aa 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ def __init__(
         self.request_counter = Counter()
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if self.llm_engine and hasattr(self.llm_engine, "shutdown"):
+        if hasattr(self, 'llm_engine') and self.llm_engine and hasattr(
+                self.llm_engine, "shutdown"):
             self.llm_engine.shutdown()
 
     @staticmethod