diff --git a/modules/digitaluniverse/rendering/renderablebillboardscloud.cpp b/modules/digitaluniverse/rendering/renderablebillboardscloud.cpp
index d49e7682f8..6bc06860c8 100644
--- a/modules/digitaluniverse/rendering/renderablebillboardscloud.cpp
+++ b/modules/digitaluniverse/rendering/renderablebillboardscloud.cpp
@@ -1492,6 +1492,11 @@ void RenderableBillboardsCloud::createDataSlice() {
     ZoneScoped
 
     _slicedData.clear();
+
+    if (_fullData.empty() || _nValuesPerAstronomicalObject == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (_hasColorMapFile) {
         _slicedData.reserve(8 * (_fullData.size() / _nValuesPerAstronomicalObject));
     }