diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.c
index f748ad64bc4..fe1f9097562 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/image.c
@@ -3891,7 +3891,12 @@ static void image_initialize_after_load(Image *ima, ImageUser *iuser, ImBuf *UNU
   BKE_image_tag_time(ima);
 
   ImageTile *tile = BKE_image_get_tile_from_iuser(ima, iuser);
-  tile->ok = IMA_OK_LOADED;
+  /* Images should never get loaded if the corresponding tile does not exist,
+   * but we should at least not crash if it happens due to a bug elsewhere. */
+  BLI_assert(tile != NULL);
+  if (tile != NULL) {
+    tile->ok = IMA_OK_LOADED;
+  }
 }
 
 static int imbuf_alpha_flags_for_image(Image *ima)
@@ -4764,14 +4769,14 @@ BLI_INLINE bool image_quick_test(Image *ima, ImageUser *iuser)
     return false;
   }
 
-  ImageTile *tile = BKE_image_get_tile_from_iuser(ima, iuser);
-
   if (iuser) {
     if (iuser->ok == 0) {
       return false;
     }
   }
-  else if (tile == NULL) {
+
+  ImageTile *tile = BKE_image_get_tile_from_iuser(ima, iuser);
+  if (tile == NULL) {
     return false;
   }
   else if (tile->ok == 0) {