diff --git a/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp b/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
index 894e50f57a..0469a7a569 100644
--- a/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/mzroll/tabledockwidget.cpp
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ void TableDockWidget::exportGroupsToSpreadsheet() {
   auto prmGroupAt = find_if(begin(allgroups),
                             end(allgroups),
                             [] (PeakGroup& group) {
+                              if (group.compound == nullptr) return false;
                               return group.compound->type() == Compound::Type::PRM;
                             });
   bool prmGroupExists = prmGroupAt != end(allgroups);