diff --git a/src/broker/Manager.cc b/src/broker/Manager.cc
index dbe598311b..9499e619d6 100644
--- a/src/broker/Manager.cc
+++ b/src/broker/Manager.cc
@@ -1582,6 +1582,13 @@ void Manager::ProcessStoreResponse(detail::StoreHandleVal* s, broker::store::res
 }
 
 detail::StoreHandleVal* Manager::MakeMaster(const string& name, broker::backend type, broker::backend_options opts) {
+    if ( ! bstate ) {
+        if ( zeek::detail::current_scope() == zeek::detail::global_scope() )
+            reporter->Error("Broker stores cannot be created at the global scope");
+
+        return nullptr;
+    }
+
     if ( bstate->endpoint.is_shutdown() )
         return nullptr;
 
diff --git a/testing/btest/Baseline/broker.store.create-global-failure/out b/testing/btest/Baseline/broker.store.create-global-failure/out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6bbf65e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/Baseline/broker.store.create-global-failure/out
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### BTest baseline data generated by btest-diff. Do not edit. Use "btest -U/-u" to update. Requires BTest >= 0.63.
+error in <...>/create-global-failure.zeek, line 5: Broker stores cannot be created at the global scope
+error in <...>/create-global-failure.zeek, line 5: Could not create Broker master store 'store'
diff --git a/testing/btest/broker/store/create-global-failure.zeek b/testing/btest/broker/store/create-global-failure.zeek
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91806e74ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/btest/broker/store/create-global-failure.zeek
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# @TEST-DOC: Tests that creating a broker store at global scope returns an error
+# @TEST-EXEC-FAIL: zeek -b %INPUT >out 2>&1
+# @TEST-EXEC: TEST_DIFF_CANONIFIER=$SCRIPTS/diff-remove-abspath btest-diff out
+
+const x = Broker::create_master("store");
+global t: table[string] of count &broker_store="store";