diff --git a/ros_controllers/src/trajectory.cpp b/ros_controllers/src/trajectory.cpp
index b125c8ad72..70096460d0 100644
--- a/ros_controllers/src/trajectory.cpp
+++ b/ros_controllers/src/trajectory.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ Trajectory::update(std::shared_ptr<trajectory_msgs::msg::JointTrajectory> joint_
 TrajectoryPointConstIter
 Trajectory::sample(const rclcpp::Time & sample_time)
 {
-  THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
+  // TODO(karsten1987): Enable this for eloquent when `rclcpp::is_pointer` is used
+  // THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
 
   // skip if current time hasn't reached traj time of the first msg yet
   if (time_less_than(sample_time, trajectory_start_time_)) {
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ Trajectory::sample(const rclcpp::Time & sample_time)
 TrajectoryPointConstIter
 Trajectory::begin() const
 {
-  THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
+  // THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
 
   return trajectory_msg_->points.begin();
 }
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ Trajectory::begin() const
 TrajectoryPointConstIter
 Trajectory::end() const
 {
-  THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
+  // THROW_ON_NULLPTR(trajectory_msg_)
 
   return trajectory_msg_->points.end();
 }