diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_ao.h b/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_ao.h
index 0337c88a543..15d074780c4 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_ao.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_ao.h
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ ccl_device_noinline float svm_ao(KernelGlobals *kg,
 		return 1.0f;
 	}
 
+	/* Can't raytrace from shaders like displacement, before BVH exists. */
+	if (kernel_data.bvh.bvh_layout == BVH_LAYOUT_NONE) {
+		return 1.0f;
+	}
+
 	if(flags & NODE_AO_INSIDE) {
 		N = -N;
 	}
diff --git a/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_bevel.h b/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_bevel.h
index 79d0fb6ddbe..96d132acd73 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_bevel.h
+++ b/intern/cycles/kernel/svm/svm_bevel.h
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ ccl_device_noinline float3 svm_bevel(
 		return sd->N;
 	}
 
+	/* Can't raytrace from shaders like displacement, before BVH exists. */
+	if (kernel_data.bvh.bvh_layout == BVH_LAYOUT_NONE) {
+		return sd->N;
+	}
+
 	/* Don't bevel for blurry indirect rays. */
 	if(state->min_ray_pdf < 8.0f) {
 		return sd->N;