diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
index 6d68a1c3419..37560cf84ae 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/object.c
@@ -1839,6 +1839,11 @@ static bool ob_parcurve(Depsgraph *depsgraph, Scene *UNUSED(scene), Object *ob,
 		}
 		BKE_displist_make_curveTypes(depsgraph, scene, par, 0);
 	}
+#else
+	/* See: T56619 */
+	if (par->runtime.curve_cache == NULL) {
+		return false;
+	}
 #endif
 
 	if (par->runtime.curve_cache->path == NULL) {