diff --git a/core/dbt/task/base.py b/core/dbt/task/base.py
index dfade18f1ab..df09a507e16 100644
--- a/core/dbt/task/base.py
+++ b/core/dbt/task/base.py
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ def _skip_caused_by_ephemeral_failure(self):
         return self.skip_cause.node.is_ephemeral_model
 
     def on_skip(self):
-        schema_name = self.node.schema
+        schema_name = getattr(self.node, "schema", "")
         node_name = self.node.name
 
         error_message = None
diff --git a/tests/unit/task/test_build.py b/tests/unit/task/test_build.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87d7b081ae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/task/test_build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from dbt.contracts.graph.nodes import SavedQuery
+from dbt.task.build import SavedQueryRunner
+
+
+def test_saved_query_runner_on_skip(saved_query: SavedQuery):
+    runner = SavedQueryRunner(
+        config=None,
+        adapter=None,
+        node=saved_query,
+        node_index=None,
+        num_nodes=None,
+    )
+    # on_skip would work
+    runner.on_skip()