diff --git a/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx b/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx
index 2f736785b503..8af02b0c1762 100644
--- a/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx
+++ b/chart2/source/view/charttypes/VSeriesPlotter.cxx
@@ -1953,6 +1953,8 @@ void VDataSeriesGroup::calculateYMinAndMaxForCategoryRange(
     if(nStartCategoryIndex<0)
         nStartCategoryIndex=0;
     const sal_Int32 nPointCount = getPointCount();//necessary to create m_aListOfCachedYValues
+    if(nPointCount <= 0)
+        return;
     if (nEndCategoryIndex >= nPointCount)
         nEndCategoryIndex = nPointCount - 1;
     if(nEndCategoryIndex<0)