diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_instance.cc b/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_instance.cc
index 9f67638de7e..f5ab9c053c1 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_instance.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/geometry/nodes/node_geo_point_instance.cc
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static Vector<InstanceReference> get_instance_references__collection(GeoNodeExec
 static Vector<InstanceReference> get_instance_references__geometry(GeoNodeExecParams &params)
 {
   GeometrySet geometry_set = params.extract_input<GeometrySet>("Instance Geometry");
+  geometry_set.ensure_owns_direct_data();
   return {std::move(geometry_set)};
 }