diff --git a/imdb/roidb_from_ilsvrc14.m b/imdb/roidb_from_ilsvrc14.m
index 0c9290c..4d8e7c9 100644
--- a/imdb/roidb_from_ilsvrc14.m
+++ b/imdb/roidb_from_ilsvrc14.m
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 rec.boxes = single(all_boxes);
 rec.feat = [];
 rec.class = uint8(cat(1, gt_classes, zeros(num_boxes, 1)));
-if ~isempty(ilsvrc_rec.objects) && isfield(ilsvrc_rec.objects,'trackid')
+if isfield(ilsvrc_rec, 'objects') && ~isempty(ilsvrc_rec.objects) && isfield(ilsvrc_rec.objects,'trackid')
   rec.trackids = uint8(cat(1, ilsvrc_rec.objects(:).trackid));
   rec.occluded = logical(cat(1, ilsvrc_rec.objects(:).occluded));
   rec.generated = logical(cat(1, ilsvrc_rec.objects(:).generated));