Index: OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp
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--- OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp (revision 9554)
+++ OpenSceneGraph/trunk/src/osgViewer/ViewerBase.cpp (revision 9567)
@@ -654,5 +654,5 @@
             osg::Stats* stats = view->getStats();            
             osg::Node* sceneRoot = view->getSceneData();
-            if (sceneRoot)
+            if (sceneRoot && stats)
             {
                 osgUtil::StatsVisitor statsVisitor;