diff --git a/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/io/ballerina/projects/JBallerinaBackend.java b/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/io/ballerina/projects/JBallerinaBackend.java
index c73a5f91c9f5..df25d7cda64b 100644
--- a/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/io/ballerina/projects/JBallerinaBackend.java
+++ b/compiler/ballerina-lang/src/main/java/io/ballerina/projects/JBallerinaBackend.java
@@ -291,6 +291,9 @@ protected Set<PackageID> getOptimizedPackageIDs() {
     private void markTestDependenciesForDuplicateBIRGen() {
         for (int i = pkgResolution.topologicallySortedModuleList().size() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
             ModuleContext moduleContext = pkgResolution.topologicallySortedModuleList().get(i);
+            if (moduleContext.compilationState() != ModuleCompilationState.COMPILED) {
+                continue;
+            }
             BLangPackage bLangPackage = moduleContext.bLangPackage();
 
             if (isRootModule(moduleContext) && bLangPackage.hasTestablePackage()) {