diff --git a/src/telemetry.erl b/src/telemetry.erl
index 869481b..9a85c96 100644
--- a/src/telemetry.erl
+++ b/src/telemetry.erl
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ execute(EventName, Value, Metadata) when is_number(Value) ->
     ?LOG_WARNING("Using execute/3 with a single event value is deprecated. "
                  "Use a measurement map instead.", []),
     execute(EventName, #{value => Value}, Metadata);
-execute(EventName, Measurements, Metadata) when is_map(Measurements) and is_map(Metadata) ->
+execute([_ | _] = EventName, Measurements, Metadata) when is_map(Measurements) and is_map(Metadata) ->
     Handlers = telemetry_handler_table:list_for_event(EventName),
     ApplyFun =
         fun(#handler{id=HandlerId,