diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
index e9e83db6f11..aea066d4cd0 100644
--- a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ QGISEXTERN QList< QgsDataItemProvider * > *dataItemProviders()
 QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsOgrProvider::crs() const
 {
   QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem srs;
-  if ( !mValid )
+  if ( !mValid || ( mOGRGeomType == wkbNone ) )
     return srs;
 
   if ( ogrDriver )
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@ QgsCoordinateReferenceSystem QgsOgrProvider::crs() const
     // get the proj4 text
     char *pszProj4 = nullptr;
     OSRExportToProj4( mySpatialRefSys, &pszProj4 );
-    QgsDebugMsg( pszProj4 );
+    QgsDebugMsgLevel( pszProj4, 4 );
     CPLFree( pszProj4 );
 
     char *pszWkt = nullptr;