diff --git a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/ui/viewmodel/AbstractVMProvider.java b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/ui/viewmodel/AbstractVMProvider.java
index 27515202f9a..58a6fa3bbc6 100644
--- a/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/ui/viewmodel/AbstractVMProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/org.eclipse.dd.dsf.ui/src/org/eclipse/dd/dsf/ui/viewmodel/AbstractVMProvider.java
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ abstract public class AbstractVMProvider implements IVMProvider
         if (layoutNode == null) {
             // Stale update. Just ignore.
             if (!update.isCanceled()) update.done();
+            return;
         }        
 
         // Create the multi request monitor to mark update when querying all