diff --git a/src/osgUtil/Simplifier.cpp b/src/osgUtil/Simplifier.cpp
index 09cad92cb..55823d870 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/Simplifier.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/Simplifier.cpp
@@ -1524,9 +1524,12 @@ void Simplifier::simplify(osg::Geometry& geometry, const IndexList& protectedPoi
     osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<"Number of edges= "<<ec._edgeSet.size()<<std::endl;
     osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<"Number of boundary edges= "<<ec.computeNumBoundaryEdges()<<std::endl;
 
-    osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<std::endl<<"Simplifier, in = "<<numOriginalPrimitives<<"\tout = "<<ec._triangleSet.size()<<"\terror="<<(*ec._edgeSet.begin())->getErrorMetric()<<"\tvs "<<getMaximumError()<<std::endl<<std::endl;
-    osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<           "        !ec._edgeSet.empty()  = "<<!ec._edgeSet.empty()<<std::endl;
-    osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<           "        continueSimplification(,,)  = "<<continueSimplification((*ec._edgeSet.begin())->getErrorMetric() , numOriginalPrimitives, ec._triangleSet.size())<<std::endl;
+    if (!ec._edgeSet.empty())
+    {
+        osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<std::endl<<"Simplifier, in = "<<numOriginalPrimitives<<"\tout = "<<ec._triangleSet.size()<<"\terror="<<(*ec._edgeSet.begin())->getErrorMetric()<<"\tvs "<<getMaximumError()<<std::endl<<std::endl;
+        osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<           "        !ec._edgeSet.empty()  = "<<!ec._edgeSet.empty()<<std::endl;
+        osg::notify(osg::INFO)<<           "        continueSimplification(,,)  = "<<continueSimplification((*ec._edgeSet.begin())->getErrorMetric() , numOriginalPrimitives, ec._triangleSet.size())<<std::endl;
+    }
     
     ec.copyBackToGeometry();
 }