diff --git a/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_ActionActuator.cpp b/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_ActionActuator.cpp
index c63b32830b0..1d4edb45242 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_ActionActuator.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Converter/BL_ActionActuator.cpp
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@ bool BL_ActionActuator::Update(double curtime, bool frame)
 PyObject* BL_ActionActuator::PyGetChannel(PyObject* value)
 {
 	const char *string= _PyUnicode_AsString(value);
+
+	if (GetParent()->GetGameObjectType() != SCA_IObject::OBJ_ARMATURE)
+	{
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError, "actuator.getChannel(): Only armatures support channels");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	
 	if (!string) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "expected a single string");
@@ -414,6 +420,12 @@ KX_PYMETHODDEF_DOC(BL_ActionActuator, setChannel,
 	PyObject *pymat= NULL;
 	PyObject *pyloc= NULL, *pysize= NULL, *pyquat= NULL;
 	bPoseChannel *pchan;
+
+	if (GetParent()->GetGameObjectType() != SCA_IObject::OBJ_ARMATURE)
+	{
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError, "actuator.setChannel(): Only armatures support channels");
+		return NULL;
+	}
 	
 	if(PyTuple_Size(args)==2) {
 		if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,"sO:setChannel", &string, &pymat)) // matrix
@@ -574,6 +586,12 @@ PyObject* BL_ActionActuator::pyattr_get_channel_names(void *self_v, const KX_PYA
 	PyObject *ret= PyList_New(0);
 	PyObject *item;
 	
+	if (self->GetParent()->GetGameObjectType() != SCA_IObject::OBJ_ARMATURE)
+	{
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_NotImplementedError, "actuator.channelNames: Only armatures support channels");
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
 	bPose *pose= ((BL_ArmatureObject*)self->GetParent())->GetOrigPose();
 	
 	if(pose) {