diff --git a/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx b/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
index a4ca363a8..3a0ed0640 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeTargetDepends.cxx
@@ -276,9 +276,11 @@ void cmComputeTargetDepends::AddTargetDepend(int depender_index,
     for(std::set<cmStdString>::const_iterator i = utils.begin();
         i != utils.end(); ++i)
       {
-      cmTarget* transitive_dependee =
-        dependee->GetMakefile()->FindTargetToUse(i->c_str());
-      this->AddTargetDepend(depender_index, transitive_dependee, false);
+      if(cmTarget* transitive_dependee =
+         dependee->GetMakefile()->FindTargetToUse(i->c_str()))
+        {
+        this->AddTargetDepend(depender_index, transitive_dependee, false);
+        }
       }
     }
   else