diff --git a/routing/osrm2feature_map.cpp b/routing/osrm2feature_map.cpp
index dd2f61ee4b..eecf720126 100644
--- a/routing/osrm2feature_map.cpp
+++ b/routing/osrm2feature_map.cpp
@@ -445,6 +445,8 @@ TNodesList const & OsrmFtSegBackwardIndex::GetNodeIdByFid(const uint32_t fid) co
   ASSERT(m_table, ());
   size_t const index = m_table->GetFeatureIndexbyOffset(fid);
   ASSERT_LESS(index, m_table->size(), ("Can't find feature index in offsets table"));
+  if (!m_rankIndex[index])
+    return kEmptyList;
   size_t node_index = m_rankIndex.rank(index);
   ASSERT_LESS(node_index, m_nodeIds.size(), ());
   return m_nodeIds[node_index];
diff --git a/routing/osrm2feature_map.hpp b/routing/osrm2feature_map.hpp
index 7b29f894fb..c3c599a9bd 100644
--- a/routing/osrm2feature_map.hpp
+++ b/routing/osrm2feature_map.hpp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class OsrmFtSegBackwardIndex
   succinct::rs_bit_vector m_rankIndex;
   vector<TNodesList> m_nodeIds;
   unique_ptr<feature::FeaturesOffsetsTable> m_table;
+  const TNodesList kEmptyList;
 
   unique_ptr<MmapReader> m_mappedBits;