diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c
index c9ea077e6f6..6235ebf28ee 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/versioning_270.c
@@ -216,6 +216,10 @@ static void anim_change_prop_name(FCurve *fcu,
 
 static void do_version_hue_sat_node(bNodeTree *ntree, bNode *node)
 {
+	if (node->storage == NULL) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/* Make sure new sockets are properly created. */
 	node_verify_socket_templates(ntree, node);
 	/* Convert value from old storage to new sockets. */