diff --git a/pkg/sql/row/fetcher.go b/pkg/sql/row/fetcher.go
index d49639f0d08b..349006aecf17 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/row/fetcher.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/row/fetcher.go
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ func (rf *Fetcher) PartialKey(nCols int) (roachpb.Key, error) {
 // GetRangesInfo returns information about the ranges where the rows came from.
 // The RangeInfo's are deduped and not ordered.
 func (rf *Fetcher) GetRangesInfo() []roachpb.RangeInfo {
-	f := rf.kvFetcher.kvBatchFetcher
+	f := rf.kvFetcher
 	if f == nil {
 		// Not yet initialized.
 		return nil
@@ -1433,7 +1433,12 @@ func (rf *Fetcher) GetRangesInfo() []roachpb.RangeInfo {
 
 // GetBytesRead returns total number of bytes read by the underlying KVFetcher.
 func (rf *Fetcher) GetBytesRead() int64 {
-	return rf.kvFetcher.bytesRead
+	f := rf.kvFetcher
+	if f == nil {
+		// Not yet initialized.
+		return 0
+	}
+	return f.bytesRead
 }
 
 // Only unique secondary indexes have extra columns to decode (namely the
diff --git a/pkg/sql/row/fetcher_test.go b/pkg/sql/row/fetcher_test.go
index 784e557b3e48..a711d9ead8c8 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/row/fetcher_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/row/fetcher_test.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/encoding"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/leaktest"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
 type initFetcherArgs struct {
@@ -1052,3 +1053,12 @@ func TestRowFetcherReset(t *testing.T) {
 func idLookupKey(tableID TableID, indexID sqlbase.IndexID) uint64 {
 	return (uint64(tableID) << 32) | uint64(indexID)
 }
+
+func TestFetcherUninitialized(t *testing.T) {
+	// Regression test for #39013: make sure it's okay to call GetRangesInfo and
+	// GetBytesReader even before the fetcher was fully initialized.
+	var fetcher Fetcher
+
+	assert.Nil(t, fetcher.GetRangesInfo())
+	assert.Zero(t, fetcher.GetBytesRead())
+}