diff --git a/src/getchar.c b/src/getchar.c
index d28eef5..ca0cca7 100644
--- a/src/getchar.c
+++ b/src/getchar.c
@@ -2941,7 +2941,8 @@
 
 #if defined(FEAT_NETBEANS_INTG)
 	/* Process the queued netbeans messages. */
-	netbeans_parse_messages();
+	if (usingNetbeans)
+	    netbeans_parse_messages();
 #endif
 
 	if (got_int || (script_char = getc(scriptin[curscript])) < 0)