diff --git a/Filters/General/vtkAppendLocationAttributes.cxx b/Filters/General/vtkAppendLocationAttributes.cxx
index dc331c7101470c5fe852a283509d0f6e68ab0f4f..45e7d4e642cfb639ca3283ed462fb5fe464348a4 100644
--- a/Filters/General/vtkAppendLocationAttributes.cxx
+++ b/Filters/General/vtkAppendLocationAttributes.cxx
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int vtkAppendLocationAttributes::RequestData(vtkInformation* vtkNotUsed(request)
   {
     vtkPointData* outPD = output->GetPointData();
     vtkPointSet* outPointSet = vtkPointSet::SafeDownCast(output);
-    if (outPointSet)
+    if (outPointSet && outPointSet->GetPoints())
     {
       // Access point data array and shallow copy it to a point data array
       vtkDataArray* pointArray = outPointSet->GetPoints()->GetData();