diff --git a/engines/gob/dataio.cpp b/engines/gob/dataio.cpp
index 0a0b8b8c49a..493da55f45d 100644
--- a/engines/gob/dataio.cpp
+++ b/engines/gob/dataio.cpp
@@ -585,6 +585,9 @@ byte *DataIO::getData(const char *path) {
 }
 
 DataStream *DataIO::getDataStream(const char *path) {
+	if (!path || (path[0] == '\0') || !existData(path))
+		return 0;
+
 	uint32 size = getDataSize(path);
 	byte *data = getData(path);
 
diff --git a/engines/gob/script.cpp b/engines/gob/script.cpp
index 134ad428ce8..d4409b0a4ec 100644
--- a/engines/gob/script.cpp
+++ b/engines/gob/script.cpp
@@ -508,10 +508,9 @@ uint16 Script::getFunctionOffset(uint8 function) const {
 }
 
 uint32 Script::getVariablesCount(const char *fileName, GobEngine *vm) {
-	if (!vm->_dataIO->existData(fileName))
-		return 0;
-
 	DataStream *stream = vm->_dataIO->getDataStream(fileName);
+	if (!stream)
+		return 0;
 
 	stream->seek(0x2C);
 	uint32 variablesCount = stream->readUint32LE();
diff --git a/engines/gob/totfile.cpp b/engines/gob/totfile.cpp
index 2506c00b195..0a955b086df 100644
--- a/engines/gob/totfile.cpp
+++ b/engines/gob/totfile.cpp
@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ TOTFile::~TOTFile() {
 }
 
 bool TOTFile::load(const Common::String &fileName) {
-	if (_vm->_dataIO->existData(fileName.c_str()))
-		_stream = _vm->_dataIO->getDataStream(fileName.c_str());
-	else
+	// Trying to open normally
+	_stream = _vm->_dataIO->getDataStream(fileName.c_str());
+
+	if (!_stream)
+		// Trying to open from video video
 		_stream = _vm->_vidPlayer->getExtraData(fileName.c_str());
 
 	if (!_stream)