diff --git a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Transports/UTP/UnityTransport.cs b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Transports/UTP/UnityTransport.cs
index 47cde7cb19..c2f7fb6765 100644
--- a/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Transports/UTP/UnityTransport.cs
+++ b/com.unity.netcode.gameobjects/Runtime/Transports/UTP/UnityTransport.cs
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@ private void ExtractNetworkMetricsForClient(ulong transportClientId)
 
         private void ExtractNetworkMetricsFromPipeline(NetworkPipeline pipeline, NetworkConnection networkConnection)
         {
+            if (m_Driver.GetConnectionState(networkConnection) != NetworkConnection.State.Connected)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             //Don't need to dispose of the buffers, they are filled with data pointers.
             m_Driver.GetPipelineBuffers(pipeline,
 #if UTP_TRANSPORT_2_0_ABOVE