diff --git a/modules/calib3d/test/test_chesscorners_badarg.cpp b/modules/calib3d/test/test_chesscorners_badarg.cpp
index 5710cf686d..1a3e5eed0e 100644
--- a/modules/calib3d/test/test_chesscorners_badarg.cpp
+++ b/modules/calib3d/test/test_chesscorners_badarg.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ protected:
                 cvFindChessboardCorners( &arr, pattern_size, out_corners, out_corner_count, flags );
             else
                 cvDrawChessboardCorners( &drawCorImg, pattern_size, 
-                    (CvPoint2D32f*)&corners[0], (int)corners.size(), was_found);
+                    (CvPoint2D32f*)(corners.empty() ? 0 : &corners[0]),
+                    (int)corners.size(), was_found);
     }
 };