diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
index ecf77ea741e21..729d066f103ab 100644
--- a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ o2_add_library(GlobalTracking
                                      O2::Steer
                                      $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UPGRADES}>:O2::ITS3Reconstruction>)
 
+target_compile_options(${targetName} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+target_link_options(${targetName} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address)
+
 o2_target_root_dictionary(GlobalTracking
                           HEADERS include/GlobalTracking/MatchTPCITSParams.h
                                   include/GlobalTracking/MatchGlobalFwd.h
diff --git a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/MatchTPCITS.cxx b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/MatchTPCITS.cxx
index 1457790c7c531..20f05c4426195 100644
--- a/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/MatchTPCITS.cxx
+++ b/Detectors/GlobalTracking/src/MatchTPCITS.cxx
@@ -880,7 +880,6 @@ void MatchTPCITS::doMatching(int sec)
   int idxMinTPC = timeStartTPC[minROFITS];                             // index of 1st cached TPC track within cached ITS ROFrames
   auto t2nbs = tpcTimeBin2MUS(mZ2TPCBin * mParams->tpcTimeICMatchingNSigma);
   bool checkInteractionCandidates = mUseFT0 && mParams->validateMatchByFIT != MatchTPCITSParams::Disable;
-
   int itsROBin = 0;
   for (int itpc = idxMinTPC; itpc < nTracksTPC; itpc++) {
     auto& trefTPC = mTPCWork[cacheTPC[itpc]];
@@ -893,6 +892,11 @@ void MatchTPCITS::doMatching(int sec)
       break;
     }
     int iits0 = timeStartITS[itsROBin];
+    if (iits0 < 0) {
+      LOGP(alarm, "doMatching sec={} itpc={} itsROBin={} timeStartITS.size={} iits0={} tmn={} triggered={}",
+           sec, itpc, itsROBin, timeStartITS.size(), iits0, tmn, mITSTriggered);
+      continue; // no ITS tracks start at this ROF bin
+    }
     nCheckTPCControl++;
     for (auto iits = iits0; iits < nTracksITS; iits++) {
       auto& trefITS = mITSWork[cacheITS[iits]];