diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/curves_geometry.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/curves_geometry.cc
index 6dbe87b969f..2490537b2a7 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/curves_geometry.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/curves_geometry.cc
@@ -1209,6 +1209,9 @@ CurvesGeometry curves_copy_point_selection(
   threading::parallel_invoke(
       dst_curves.curves_num() > 1024,
       [&]() {
+        if (curves_to_copy.is_empty()) {
+          return;
+        }
         MutableSpan<int> new_curve_offsets = dst_curves.offsets_for_write();
         array_utils::gather(
             curve_point_counts.as_span(), curves_to_copy, new_curve_offsets.drop_back(1));