diff --git a/source/blender/editors/animation/anim_motion_paths.cc b/source/blender/editors/animation/anim_motion_paths.cc
index 03ebeeede66..ee11f3ef46a 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/animation/anim_motion_paths.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/animation/anim_motion_paths.cc
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ void animviz_motionpath_compute_range(Object *ob, Scene *scene)
 
   const bool has_action = ob->adt && ob->adt->action;
   if (avs->path_range == MOTIONPATH_RANGE_SCENE || !has_action ||
-      BLI_listbase_is_empty(&ob->adt->action->curves))
+      !blender::animrig::legacy::assigned_action_has_keyframes(ob->adt))
   {
     /* Default to the scene (preview) range if there is no animation data to
      * find selected keys in. */