diff --git a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
index 38ea4916..bd5bc000 100644
--- a/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
+++ b/manimlib/mobject/types/vectorized_mobject.py
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
     # Alignment
     def align_points(self, vmobject):
         self.align_rgbas(vmobject)
-        nppcc = self.n_points_per_cubic_curve
+        if self.get_num_points() == vmobject.get_num_points():
+            return
 
         for mob in self, vmobject:
             # If there are no points, add one to
@@ -676,6 +677,8 @@ class VMobject(Mobject):
         new_path1 = np.zeros((0, self.dim))
         new_path2 = np.zeros((0, self.dim))
 
+        nppcc = self.n_points_per_cubic_curve
+
         def get_nth_subpath(path_list, n):
             if n >= len(path_list):
                 # Create a null path at the very end