diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
index f6e19a36734..0ba16bdc80a 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/colormanagement.cc
@@ -3952,6 +3952,19 @@ bool IMB_colormanagement_processor_is_noop(ColormanageProcessor *cm_processor)
     return false;
   }
 
+  if (!cm_processor->cpu_processor) {
+    /* The CPU processor might have failed to be created, for example when the requested color
+     * space does not exist in the configuration, or if there is a missing lookup table, or the
+     * configuration is invalid due to other reasons.
+     *
+     * The actual processing checks for the cpu_processor not being null pointer, and it if is then
+     * processing does not apply it. However, processing could still apply curve mapping.
+     *
+     * Hence a null-pointer here, which happens after the curve mapping check, but before accessing
+     * cpu_processor. */
+    return true;
+  }
+
   return OCIO_cpuProcessorIsNoOp(cm_processor->cpu_processor);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/io/usd/intern/usd_reader_pointinstancer.cc b/source/blender/io/usd/intern/usd_reader_pointinstancer.cc
index 20702157c94..9aa399fc822 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/usd/intern/usd_reader_pointinstancer.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/usd/intern/usd_reader_pointinstancer.cc
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ void USDPointInstancerReader::read_object_data(Main *bmain, const double motionS
 
   ModifierData *md = BKE_modifier_new(eModifierType_Nodes);
   BLI_addtail(&object_->modifiers, md);
+  BKE_modifiers_persistent_uid_init(*object_, *md);
+
   NodesModifierData &nmd = *reinterpret_cast<NodesModifierData *>(md);
   nmd.node_group = ntreeAddTree(bmain, "Instances", "GeometryNodeTree");