diff --git a/SofaKernel/modules/SofaCore/src/sofa/core/objectmodel/Base.cpp b/SofaKernel/modules/SofaCore/src/sofa/core/objectmodel/Base.cpp
index 2cf27b2130d..7ff88d47e23 100644
--- a/SofaKernel/modules/SofaCore/src/sofa/core/objectmodel/Base.cpp
+++ b/SofaKernel/modules/SofaCore/src/sofa/core/objectmodel/Base.cpp
@@ -475,8 +475,14 @@ bool Base::parseField( const std::string& attribute, const std::string& value)
             }
             else
             {
-                BaseData* parentData = dataVec[d]->getParent();
-                msg_info() << "Link from parent Data " << value << " (" << parentData->getValueTypeInfo()->name() << ") to Data " << attribute << "(" << dataVec[d]->getValueTypeInfo()->name() << ") OK";
+                if (BaseData* parentData = dataVec[d]->getParent())
+                {
+                    msg_info() << "Link from parent Data "
+                                    << value << " (" << parentData->getValueTypeInfo()->name() << ") "
+                                    << "to Data "
+                                    << attribute << " (" << dataVec[d]->getValueTypeInfo()->name() << ") "
+                                    << "OK";
+                }
             }
             /* children Data cannot be modified changing the parent Data value */
             dataVec[d]->setReadOnly(true);