diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index 21d69fe33c3..9dcb8722c23 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -7075,7 +7075,7 @@ static void direct_link_moviePlaneTracks(FileData *fd, ListBase *plane_tracks_ba
 		int i;
 
 		plane_track->point_tracks = newdataadr(fd, plane_track->point_tracks);
-
+		test_pointer_array(fd, (void**)&plane_track->point_tracks);
 		for (i = 0; i < plane_track->point_tracksnr; i++) {
 			plane_track->point_tracks[i] = newdataadr(fd, plane_track->point_tracks[i]);
 		}