diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
index f00c9e598..443886086 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalXCodeGenerator.cxx
@@ -2923,15 +2923,15 @@ void cmGlobalXCodeGenerator
 ::AddDependAndLinkInformation(cmXCodeObject* target)
 {
   cmTarget* cmtarget = target->GetTarget();
-  if(cmtarget->GetType() == cmState::INTERFACE_LIBRARY)
-    {
-    return;
-    }
   if(!cmtarget)
     {
     cmSystemTools::Error("Error no target on xobject\n");
     return;
     }
+  if(cmtarget->GetType() == cmState::INTERFACE_LIBRARY)
+    {
+    return;
+    }
 
   // Add dependencies on other CMake targets.
   cmGeneratorTarget* gt = this->GetGeneratorTarget(cmtarget);