diff --git a/libavcodec/indeo3.c b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
index 2c7e96b738..e266aeecec 100644
--- a/libavcodec/indeo3.c
+++ b/libavcodec/indeo3.c
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@ static int parse_bintree(Indeo3DecodeContext *ctx, AVCodecContext *avctx,
                     av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "SkipCell procedure not implemented yet!\n");
 
                 CHECK_CELL
+                if(!curr_cell.mv_ptr)
+                    return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
                 copy_cell(ctx, plane, &curr_cell);
                 return 0;
             }