From 80ee3f61e697d9ab82feb6827614d5c8b05de1a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: philip-morlier <philipmorlier@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 14:39:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed nill pointer error.

---
 eth/tracers/api.go | 21 ++++++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eth/tracers/api.go b/eth/tracers/api.go
index 8fd564abd..f04206f49 100644
--- a/eth/tracers/api.go
+++ b/eth/tracers/api.go
@@ -872,15 +872,18 @@ func (api *API) traceTx(ctx context.Context, message core.Message, txctx *Contex
 	}
 	// Default tracer is the struct logger
 	tracer = logger.NewStructLogger(config.Config)
-	// Get the tracer from the plugin loader
-	//begin PluGeth code injection
-	if tr, ok := getPluginTracer(*config.Tracer); ok {
-	//end PluGeth code injection
-		tracer = tr(statedb, vmctx)
-	} else if config.Tracer != nil {
-		tracer, err = New(*config.Tracer, txctx)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+
+	if config.Tracer != nil {
+		// Get the tracer from the plugin loader
+		//begin PluGeth code injection
+		if tr, ok := getPluginTracer(*config.Tracer); ok {
+			//end PluGeth code injection
+			tracer = tr(statedb, vmctx)
+		} else {
+			tracer, err = New(*config.Tracer, txctx)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	// Define a meaningful timeout of a single transaction trace