diff --git a/cloud-util/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/util/C2CVisitor.java b/cloud-util/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/util/C2CVisitor.java
index 9ed7404c..a84bcb5a 100644
--- a/cloud-util/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/util/C2CVisitor.java
+++ b/cloud-util/src/main/java/io/ballerina/c2c/util/C2CVisitor.java
@@ -344,6 +344,9 @@ private List<ListenerInfo> extractListeners(ServiceDeclarationNode serviceDeclar
                 }
                 listenerInfo = httpsListener.get();
             } else {
+                if (expressionNode.kind() != SyntaxKind.EXPLICIT_NEW_EXPRESSION) {
+                    return Collections.emptyList();
+                }
                 //Inline Listener
                 ExplicitNewExpressionNode refNode = (ExplicitNewExpressionNode) expressionNode;
                 FunctionArgumentNode functionArgumentNode = refNode.parenthesizedArgList().arguments().get(0);