diff --git a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
index 5961e58a9..dee9940e6 100644
--- a/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
+++ b/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp
@@ -1256,6 +1256,9 @@ void CompilerStack::generateEwasm(ContractDefinition const& _contract)
 	if (m_hasError)
 		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(CompilerError() << errinfo_comment("Called generateEwasm with errors."));
 
+	if (!_contract.canBeDeployed())
+		return;
+
 	Contract& compiledContract = m_contracts.at(_contract.fullyQualifiedName());
 	solAssert(!compiledContract.yulIROptimized.empty(), "");
 	if (!compiledContract.ewasm.empty())
diff --git a/test/cmdlineTests/standard_ewasm_requested_abstract/output.json b/test/cmdlineTests/standard_ewasm_requested_abstract/output.json
index 55ff78db9..2858515df 100644
--- a/test/cmdlineTests/standard_ewasm_requested_abstract/output.json
+++ b/test/cmdlineTests/standard_ewasm_requested_abstract/output.json
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-{"errors":[{"component":"general","formattedMessage":"InternalCompilerError: 
-","message":"Internal compiler error (/project/solidity/libsolidity/interface/CompilerStack.cpp:1260):","severity":"error","type":"InternalCompilerError"}],"sources":{"A":{"id":0}}}
+{"contracts":{"A":{"C":{"ewasm":{"wasm":"","wast":""}}}},"sources":{"A":{"id":0}}}