diff --git a/render/animcur.c b/render/animcur.c
index 485c068..2804037 100644
--- a/render/animcur.c
+++ b/render/animcur.c
@@ -191,27 +191,31 @@ AnimCurScreenBlockHandler(int screenNum,
 }
 
 static Bool
-AnimCurDisplayCursor(DeviceIntPtr pDev, ScreenPtr pScreen, CursorPtr pCursor)
+AnimCurDisplayCursor(DeviceIntPtr pDev,
+                     ScreenPtr pScreen,
+                     CursorPtr pCursor)
 {
     AnimCurScreenPtr as = GetAnimCurScreen(pScreen);
     Bool ret;
+    DeviceIntPtr        pMasterDev = pDev->type == MASTER_POINTER ? pDev : pDev->master;
 
     if (IsFloating(pDev))
         return FALSE;
+    if (!pMasterDev)
+        return FALSE;
 
     Unwrap(as, pScreen, DisplayCursor);
     if (IsAnimCur(pCursor)) {
-        if (pCursor != pDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor) {
+        if (pCursor != pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor) {
             AnimCurPtr ac = GetAnimCur(pCursor);
 
             ret = (*pScreen->DisplayCursor)
                 (pDev, pScreen, ac->elts[0].pCursor);
             if (ret) {
-                pDev->spriteInfo->anim.elt = 0;
-                pDev->spriteInfo->anim.time =
-                    GetTimeInMillis() + ac->elts[0].delay;
-                pDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor = pCursor;
-                pDev->spriteInfo->anim.pScreen = pScreen;
+                pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.elt = 0;
+                pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.time = GetTimeInMillis () + ac->elts[0].delay;
+                pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor = pCursor;
+                pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.pScreen = pScreen;
 
                 if (!as->BlockHandler)
                     Wrap(as, pScreen, BlockHandler, AnimCurScreenBlockHandler);
@@ -221,8 +225,8 @@ AnimCurDisplayCursor(DeviceIntPtr pDev, ScreenPtr pScreen, CursorPtr pCursor)
             ret = TRUE;
     }
     else {
-        pDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor = 0;
-        pDev->spriteInfo->anim.pScreen = 0;
+        pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.pCursor = 0;
+        pMasterDev->spriteInfo->anim.pScreen = 0;
         ret = (*pScreen->DisplayCursor) (pDev, pScreen, pCursor);
     }
     Wrap(as, pScreen, DisplayCursor, AnimCurDisplayCursor);