diff --git a/R/plot.R b/R/plot.R
index 8dc0d1d4e..d97933718 100644
--- a/R/plot.R
+++ b/R/plot.R
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ plot.sfc_POINT = function(x, y, ..., pch = 1, cex = 1, col = 1, bg = 0, lwd = 1,
 	bg = rep(bg, length.out = npts)
 	cex = rep(cex, length.out = npts)
 	mat = do.call(rbind, x)
-	ne = apply(mat, 1, function(x) all(is.finite(x))) # ne: not empty
-	points(mat[ne,, drop = FALSE], pch = pch[ne], col = col[ne], bg = bg[ne], cex = cex[ne], lwd = lwd, lty = lty,
-		type = type)
+	if (!is.null(mat)) {
+		ne = apply(mat, 1, function(x) all(is.finite(x))) # ne: not empty
+		points(mat[ne,, drop = FALSE], pch = pch[ne], col = col[ne], bg = bg[ne], 
+			cex = cex[ne], lwd = lwd, lty = lty, type = type)
+	}
 }
 
 #' @name plot