diff --git a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
index d96b6e28059873b142f60df19b597c62e66e8836..870616b953deafc64e46f975edab454e90d22877 100644
--- a/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
+++ b/OpenMesh/OMPropertyVisualizerT_impl.hh
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ template <typename MeshT>
 void OMPropertyVisualizer<MeshT>::setDrawMode(const ACG::SceneGraph::DrawModes::DrawMode& _mode)
 {
   BaseObjectData* object;
-  PluginFunctions::getObject(mObjectID, object);
-  object->setObjectDrawMode(_mode);
+  if (PluginFunctions::getObject(mObjectID, object))
+    object->setObjectDrawMode(_mode);
 }