diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
index 8974190d0e3..aeb7fba47e8 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/attribute_access.cc
@@ -1886,7 +1886,7 @@ OutputAttributePtr GeometryComponent::attribute_try_get_for_output(const StringR
   if (!attribute) {
     this->attribute_try_create(attribute_name, domain, data_type);
     attribute = this->attribute_try_get_for_write(attribute_name);
-    if (default_value != nullptr) {
+    if (attribute && default_value != nullptr) {
       void *data = attribute->get_span_for_write_only().data();
       cpp_type->fill_initialized(default_value, data, attribute->size());
       attribute->apply_span();
diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_scale.cc b/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_scale.cc
index e28013a8bfc..9df103ff057 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_scale.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_scale.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ static void execute_on_component(GeoNodeExecParams params, GeometryComponent &co
   static const float3 scale_default = float3(1.0f);
   OutputAttributePtr scale_attribute = component.attribute_try_get_for_output(
       "scale", ATTR_DOMAIN_POINT, CD_PROP_FLOAT3, &scale_default);
+  if (!scale_attribute) {
+    return;
+  }
   ReadAttributePtr attribute = params.get_input_attribute(
       "Factor", component, ATTR_DOMAIN_POINT, CD_PROP_FLOAT3, nullptr);
   if (!attribute) {