diff --git a/src/analyzer/analyzerqueue.cpp b/src/analyzer/analyzerqueue.cpp
index e3b95041a166..f574f79cd9ea 100644
--- a/src/analyzer/analyzerqueue.cpp
+++ b/src/analyzer/analyzerqueue.cpp
@@ -349,8 +349,7 @@ void AnalyzerQueue::execThread() {
         if (!pAudioSource) {
             kLogger.warning()
                     << "Failed to open file for analyzing:"
-                    << nextTrack->getLocation()
-                    << *pAudioSource;
+                    << nextTrack->getLocation();
             emptyCheck();
             continue;
         }
diff --git a/src/test/soundproxy_test.cpp b/src/test/soundproxy_test.cpp
index e3a3c9341b60..2a670552793b 100644
--- a/src/test/soundproxy_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/soundproxy_test.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include <QTemporaryFile>
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "test/mixxxtest.h"
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ class SoundSourceProxyTest: public MixxxTest {
         // to test the upscaling of channels
         mixxx::AudioSource::OpenParams openParams;
         openParams.setChannelCount(2);
-        auto pAudioSource = proxy.openAudioSource();
+        auto pAudioSource = proxy.openAudioSource(openParams);
         EXPECT_FALSE(!pAudioSource);
         if (pAudioSource->channelCount() != 2) {
             // Wrap into proxy object
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ TEST_F(SoundSourceProxyTest, open) {
     for (const auto& filePath: getFilePaths()) {
         ASSERT_TRUE(SoundSourceProxy::isFileNameSupported(filePath));
 
-        mixxx::AudioSourcePointer pAudioSource(openAudioSource(filePath));
+        mixxx::AudioSourcePointer pAudioSource = openAudioSource(filePath);
         // Obtaining an AudioSource may fail for unsupported file formats,
         // even if the corresponding file extension is supported, e.g.
         // AAC vs. ALAC in .m4a files
@@ -171,6 +172,23 @@ TEST_F(SoundSourceProxyTest, open) {
     }
 }
 
+TEST_F(SoundSourceProxyTest, openEmptyFile) {
+    for (const auto& fileNameSuffix: getFileNameSuffixes()) {
+        QTemporaryFile tempFile("emptyXXXXXX" + fileNameSuffix);
+        qDebug() << "Created testing to open empty file:"
+                << tempFile.fileName();
+        tempFile.open();
+        tempFile.close();
+
+        ASSERT_TRUE(SoundSourceProxy::isFileNameSupported(tempFile.fileName()));
+        auto pTrack = Track::newTemporary(tempFile.fileName());
+        SoundSourceProxy proxy(pTrack);
+
+        auto pAudioSource = proxy.openAudioSource();
+        EXPECT_TRUE(!pAudioSource);
+    }
+}
+
 TEST_F(SoundSourceProxyTest, readArtist) {
     auto pTrack = Track::newTemporary(
             kTestDir.absoluteFilePath("artist.mp3"));