diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/displist.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/displist.c
index 24f996fbb31..ae225fd19b7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/displist.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/displist.c
@@ -1855,6 +1855,12 @@ void makeDispListCurveTypes(Scene *scene, Object *ob, int forOrco)
 		DM_set_object_boundbox (ob, ob->derivedFinal);
 	} else {
 		boundbox_displist (ob);
+
+		/* if there is no derivedMesh, object's boundbox is unneeded */
+		if (ob->bb) {
+			MEM_freeN(ob->bb);
+			ob->bb= NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
index 6ddc4b8bb16..cd8b2eb0a8e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh.c
@@ -1186,6 +1186,12 @@ void mesh_to_curve(Scene *scene, Object *ob)
 
 	if (needsFree) {
 		ob->derivedFinal = NULL;
+
+		/* curve object could have got bounding box only in special cases */
+		if(ob->bb) {
+			MEM_freeN(ob->bb);
+			ob->bb= NULL;
+		}
 	}
 }