diff --git a/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/include/CGAL/Poisson_reconstruction_function.h b/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/include/CGAL/Poisson_reconstruction_function.h
index 68c71a271519..ae2544567d73 100644
--- a/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/include/CGAL/Poisson_reconstruction_function.h
+++ b/Poisson_surface_reconstruction_3/include/CGAL/Poisson_reconstruction_function.h
@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ class Poisson_reconstruction_function
 
     Cell_handle get() const
     {
-      return Triangulation_data_structure::Cell_range::s_iterator_to(*m_cell);
+      if(m_cell == nullptr)
+        return {};
+      else
+        return Triangulation_data_structure::Cell_range::s_iterator_to(*m_cell);
     }
     void set (Cell_handle ch) { m_cell = ch.operator->(); }
   };