diff --git a/pkg/pauser/mariadb.go b/pkg/pauser/mariadb.go
index f08ec8b09..0432f99f5 100644
--- a/pkg/pauser/mariadb.go
+++ b/pkg/pauser/mariadb.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (e *MariaDBPauser) Pause(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	pauseAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
-	if e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := PauseOrResumeMariaDBArchiver(e.kc, true, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pauser/mongodb.go b/pkg/pauser/mongodb.go
index 1f55ba649..4801071c8 100644
--- a/pkg/pauser/mongodb.go
+++ b/pkg/pauser/mongodb.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (e *MongoDBPauser) Pause(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 
 	pauseAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
-	if e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := PauseOrResumeMongoDBArchiver(e.kc, true, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pauser/mysql.go b/pkg/pauser/mysql.go
index 81bc7010b..3253585e1 100644
--- a/pkg/pauser/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/pauser/mysql.go
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ func (e *MySQLPauser) Pause(name string, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 		return false, nil
 	}
 	pauseAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
-	if e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := PauseOrResumeMySQLArchiver(e.kc, true, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/pauser/postgres.go b/pkg/pauser/postgres.go
index b1aa49c16..1dd7aa49e 100644
--- a/pkg/pauser/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/pauser/postgres.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (e *PostgresPauser) Pause(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 
 	pauseAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
 
-	if e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || pauseAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := PauseOrResumePostgresArchiver(e.kc, true, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/resumer/mariadb.go b/pkg/resumer/mariadb.go
index 5647ced86..0ff7ff562 100644
--- a/pkg/resumer/mariadb.go
+++ b/pkg/resumer/mariadb.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (e *MariaDBResumer) Resume(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 
 	resumeAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
 
-	if e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := pautil.PauseOrResumeMariaDBArchiver(e.kc, false, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/resumer/mongodb.go b/pkg/resumer/mongodb.go
index 540229009..9051423da 100644
--- a/pkg/resumer/mongodb.go
+++ b/pkg/resumer/mongodb.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (e *MongoDBResumer) Resume(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	resumeAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
 
-	if e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := pautil.PauseOrResumeMongoDBArchiver(e.kc, false, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/resumer/mysql.go b/pkg/resumer/mysql.go
index cb6d303d5..0aefac22c 100644
--- a/pkg/resumer/mysql.go
+++ b/pkg/resumer/mysql.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (e *MySQLResumer) Resume(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 
 	resumeAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
 
-	if e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := pautil.PauseOrResumeMySQLArchiver(e.kc, false, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/resumer/postgres.go b/pkg/resumer/postgres.go
index f8178027e..9538c68f1 100644
--- a/pkg/resumer/postgres.go
+++ b/pkg/resumer/postgres.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (e *PostgresResumer) Resume(name, namespace string) (bool, error) {
 	}
 	resumeAll := !(e.onlyBackup || e.onlyDb || e.onlyArchiver)
 
-	if e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll {
+	if (e.onlyArchiver || resumeAll) && db.Spec.Archiver != nil {
 		if err := pautil.PauseOrResumePostgresArchiver(e.kc, false, db.Spec.Archiver.Ref); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}