diff --git a/modules/config/default/autoload/deferred.el b/modules/config/default/autoload/deferred.el
index 41686e449..f85906925 100644
--- a/modules/config/default/autoload/deferred.el
+++ b/modules/config/default/autoload/deferred.el
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   (setq prefix-arg current-prefix-arg
         unread-command-events
         (mapcar (lambda (e) (cons t e))
-                (vconcat (when evil-this-operator
+                (vconcat (when (and (fboundp 'evil-this-operator)
+                                    evil-this-operator)
                            (where-is-internal evil-this-operator
                                               evil-normal-state-map
                                               t))