diff --git a/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm b/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
index 76bed24426..dcfba14659 100644
--- a/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
+++ b/Koha/BackgroundJob.pm
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ Returns the available types to class mappings.
 sub type_to_class_mapping {
     my ($self) = @_;
 
-    my $plugins_mapping = $self->plugin_types_to_classes;
+    my $plugins_mapping = ( C4::Context->config("enable_plugins") ) ? $self->plugin_types_to_classes : {};
 
     return ($plugins_mapping)
       ? { %{ $self->core_types_to_classes }, %$plugins_mapping }