diff --git a/smocore/body/body.cpp b/smocore/body/body.cpp
index 9422fc5..6e8462d 100644
--- a/smocore/body/body.cpp
+++ b/smocore/body/body.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ public:
 		sense_api::SenseApiManager::getInstance()
 			.loadAllSenseApiLibsFromOptions(caller);
 
+		/**	EXPLANATION:
+		 * Consider body::initializeReq to have been called if even one of its
+		 * operations was executed at all, whether successfully or
+		 * unsuccessfully.
+		 */
+		context->parent.bodyComponentInitialized = true;
+
 		std::cout << sense_api::SenseApiManager::getInstance().stringifyLibs()
 			<< std::endl;
 
@@ -171,6 +178,14 @@ void Body::finalizeReq(bodyLifetimeMgmtOpCbFn callback)
 			+ ": Must be invoked by Mrntt thread");
 	}
 
+	if (!parent.bodyComponentInitialized)
+	{
+		std::cout << "Mrntt: Body component not initialized. "
+			<< "Skipping finalization." << "\n";
+		callback(true);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	auto request = std::make_shared<FinalizeReq>(
 		parent, mrntt, callback);
 
diff --git a/smocore/include/mind.h b/smocore/include/mind.h
index a865c6e..14c7f4f 100644
--- a/smocore/include/mind.h
+++ b/smocore/include/mind.h
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ private:
 	 * This flag ensures that JOLTing happens exactly once and provides
 	 * a synchronization point for the entire system initialization.
 	 */
-	bool threadsHaveBeenJolted = false;
+	bool threadsHaveBeenJolted = false,
+		bodyComponentInitialized = false;
 
 private:
 	class MindLifetimeMgmtOp;