diff --git a/scene/3d/navigation.cpp b/scene/3d/navigation.cpp
index e7ab6cde8a0..77bf7037061 100644
--- a/scene/3d/navigation.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/navigation.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ void Navigation::_navmesh_link(int p_id) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(!navmesh_map.has(p_id));
 	NavMesh &nm = navmesh_map[p_id];
 	ERR_FAIL_COND(nm.linked);
+	ERR_FAIL_COND(nm.navmesh.is_null());
 
 	PoolVector<Vector3> vertices = nm.navmesh->get_vertices();
 	int len = vertices.size();