diff --git a/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseFFT/noiseFFT.C b/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseFFT/noiseFFT.C
index 3a61c9b0dd..e82d25b90f 100644
--- a/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseFFT/noiseFFT.C
+++ b/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseFFT/noiseFFT.C
@@ -127,10 +127,13 @@ void Foam::noiseFFT::octaveBandInfo
 
     fBandIDs = bandIDs.toc();
 
-    // Remove the last centre frequency (beyond upper frequency limit)
-    fc.remove();
+    if (fc.size())
+    {
+        // Remove the last centre frequency (beyond upper frequency limit)
+        fc.remove();
 
-    fCentre.transfer(fc);
+        fCentre.transfer(fc);
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseModels/surfaceNoise/surfaceNoise.C b/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseModels/surfaceNoise/surfaceNoise.C
index b8e312c0ce..92a3df57fd 100644
--- a/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseModels/surfaceNoise/surfaceNoise.C
+++ b/src/randomProcesses/noise/noiseModels/surfaceNoise/surfaceNoise.C
@@ -494,8 +494,21 @@ void surfaceNoise::calculate()
         octave13FreqCentre
     );
 
-    List<scalarField> surfPSD13f(octave13BandIDs.size() - 1);
-    List<scalarField> surfPrms13f2(octave13BandIDs.size() - 1);
+    label bandSize = 0;
+    if (octave13BandIDs.empty())
+    {
+        WarningInFunction
+            << "Ocatve band calculation failed (zero sized). "
+            << "please check your input data"
+            << endl;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        bandSize = octave13BandIDs.size() - 1;
+    }
+
+    List<scalarField> surfPSD13f(bandSize);
+    List<scalarField> surfPrms13f2(bandSize);
     forAll(surfPSD13f, freqI)
     {
         surfPSD13f[freqI].setSize(nLocalFace);