diff --git a/SimMuon/MCTruth/plugins/MuonAssociatorEDProducer.cc b/SimMuon/MCTruth/plugins/MuonAssociatorEDProducer.cc
index 1ece0d8deeefd..7fc685e60e5dc 100644
--- a/SimMuon/MCTruth/plugins/MuonAssociatorEDProducer.cc
+++ b/SimMuon/MCTruth/plugins/MuonAssociatorEDProducer.cc
@@ -108,10 +108,6 @@ void MuonAssociatorEDProducer::produce(edm::Event &event, const edm::EventSetup
   else
     LogTrace("MuonAssociatorEDProducer") << "\t... NOT FOUND.";
 
-  edm::RefToBaseVector<reco::Track> tmpT;
-  for (size_t i = 0; i < trackCollection->size(); ++i)
-    tmpT.push_back(trackCollection->refAt(i));
-
   std::unique_ptr<reco::RecoToSimCollection> rts;
   std::unique_ptr<reco::SimToRecoCollection> str;
 
@@ -122,6 +118,10 @@ void MuonAssociatorEDProducer::produce(edm::Event &event, const edm::EventSetup
     LogTrace("MuonAssociatorEDProducer") << "\n ignoring missing track collection."
                                          << "\n";
   } else {
+    edm::RefToBaseVector<reco::Track> tmpT;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < trackCollection->size(); ++i)
+      tmpT.push_back(trackCollection->refAt(i));
+
     edm::LogVerbatim("MuonAssociatorEDProducer")
         << "\n >>> RecoToSim association <<< \n"
         << "     Track collection : " << tracksTag.label() << ":" << tracksTag.instance()
diff --git a/Validation/RecoMuon/plugins/MuonTrackValidator.cc b/Validation/RecoMuon/plugins/MuonTrackValidator.cc
index 9450ceb52181d..4b510f47e3642 100644
--- a/Validation/RecoMuon/plugins/MuonTrackValidator.cc
+++ b/Validation/RecoMuon/plugins/MuonTrackValidator.cc
@@ -421,8 +421,11 @@ void MuonTrackValidator::analyze(const edm::Event& event, const edm::EventSetup&
   TrackingParticleRefVector const& tPC = *ptr_TPrefV;
 
   edm::Handle<reco::BeamSpot> recoBeamSpotHandle;
-  event.getByToken(bsSrc_Token, recoBeamSpotHandle);
-  reco::BeamSpot bs = *recoBeamSpotHandle;
+  bool bs_Available = event.getByToken(bsSrc_Token, recoBeamSpotHandle);
+  reco::BeamSpot bs;
+  if (bs_Available)
+    bs = *recoBeamSpotHandle;
+  edm::LogVerbatim("MuonTrackValidator") << bs;
 
   std::vector<const reco::TrackToTrackingParticleAssociator*> associator;
   if (UseAssociators) {