diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index d37eb9d..2c1fb8c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ module.exports = (registry, config = {}) => {
 
     if (ignoreRoute(request, server)) return
 
-    const { summaryTimer, histogramTimer } = timers.get(request)
+    const requestTimers = timers.get(request)
+    if (!requestTimers) return
+
+    const { summaryTimer, histogramTimer } = requestTimers
     timers.delete(request)
 
     if (ignore(request, response, server)) return
diff --git a/test/helper.js b/test/helper.js
index dae99cc..80c9adf 100644
--- a/test/helper.js
+++ b/test/helper.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ function createHttpServer (t) {
       if (req.url === '/2s') {
         await sleep(2000)
       }
+      if (req.url === '/10s') {
+        await sleep(10000)
+      }
       res.end('Hello World\n')
     }
   )
diff --git a/test/http-metrics.test.js b/test/http-metrics.test.js
index 0052ca1..5afce52 100644
--- a/test/http-metrics.test.js
+++ b/test/http-metrics.test.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const assert = require('node:assert/strict')
 const { test } = require('node:test')
+const { setTimeout: sleep } = require('node:timers/promises')
 const { request } = require('undici')
 const { Registry } = require('prom-client')
 const httpMetrics = require('../index.js')
@@ -258,3 +259,32 @@ test('should ignore route with a callback', async (t) => {
     }
   }
 })
+
+test('should not throw if request timers are not found', async (t) => {
+  const serverUrl = createHttpServer(t)
+
+  const responsePromise = request(serverUrl + '/10s', {
+    method: 'GET',
+    headers: { 'x-ignore': 'true' },
+  })
+
+  // Wait for server to receive the request
+  await sleep(500)
+
+  const registry = new Registry()
+  httpMetrics(registry, {
+    ignore: (req) => req.headers['x-ignore'] === 'true',
+  })
+
+  await responsePromise
+
+  const metrics = await registry.getMetricsAsJSON()
+  assert.strictEqual(metrics.length, 2)
+
+  const histogramMetric = metrics.find(
+    (metric) => metric.name === 'http_request_duration_seconds'
+  )
+
+  const histogramValues = histogramMetric.values
+  assert.strictEqual(histogramValues.length, 0)
+})