diff --git a/src/app/qgsgeometryvalidationmodel.cpp b/src/app/qgsgeometryvalidationmodel.cpp
index 828d0cf4a7b2..c8c4588e3c13 100644
--- a/src/app/qgsgeometryvalidationmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/app/qgsgeometryvalidationmodel.cpp
@@ -191,12 +191,18 @@ QVariant QgsGeometryValidationModel::data( const QModelIndex &index, int role )
 
       case ErrorLocationGeometryRole:
       {
+        if ( featureItem.errors.empty() )
+          return QVariant();
+
         QgsSingleGeometryCheckError *error = featureItem.errors.first().get();
         return error->errorLocation();
       }
 
       case ProblemExtentRole:
       {
+        if ( featureItem.errors.empty() )
+          return QVariant();
+
         QgsSingleGeometryCheckError *error = featureItem.errors.first().get();
         return error->errorLocation().boundingBox();
       }