diff --git a/hooks.py b/hooks.py
index d91a368a788c3d353ad0368c0b749284c40d901f_aG9va3MucHk=..418cc00ec3e8e9d151e66663e976d1fd20e436d5_aG9va3MucHk= 100644
--- a/hooks.py
+++ b/hooks.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     def precommit_event(self):
         indexer = self.cnx.vreg['es'].select('indexer', self.cnx)
         es = indexer.get_connection()
-        if es is None:
+        if es is None or not self.cnx.vreg.config['index-name']:
             log.info('no connection to ES (not configured) skip ES indexing')
             return
         for entity in self.get_data():