diff --git a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/AxisItem.py b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/AxisItem.py
index bfc8644a..36516f8c 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/AxisItem.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/AxisItem.py
@@ -404,19 +404,24 @@ class AxisItem(GraphicsWidget):
             return self.mapRectFromParent(self.geometry()) | linkedView.mapRectToItem(self, linkedView.boundingRect())
         
     def paint(self, p, opt, widget):
+        prof = debug.Profiler('AxisItem.paint', disabled=True)
         if self.picture is None:
             try:
                 picture = QtGui.QPicture()
                 painter = QtGui.QPainter(picture)
                 specs = self.generateDrawSpecs(painter)
+                prof.mark('generate specs')
                 if specs is not None:
                     self.drawPicture(painter, *specs)
+                    prof.mark('draw picture')
             finally:
                 painter.end()
             self.picture = picture
         #p.setRenderHint(p.Antialiasing, False)   ## Sometimes we get a segfault here ???
         #p.setRenderHint(p.TextAntialiasing, True)
         self.picture.play(p)
+        prof.finish()
+        
         
 
     def setTicks(self, ticks):
diff --git a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/ScatterPlotItem.py b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/ScatterPlotItem.py
index 97f5aa8f..befc2360 100644
--- a/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/ScatterPlotItem.py
+++ b/pyqtgraph/graphicsItems/ScatterPlotItem.py
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ class ScatterPlotItem(GraphicsObject):
         
         ## Bug: If data is a numpy record array, then items from that array must be copied to dataSet one at a time.
         ## (otherwise they are converted to tuples and thus lose their field names.
-        if isinstance(data, np.ndarray) and len(data.dtype.fields) > 1:
+        if isinstance(data, np.ndarray) and (data.dtype.fields is not None)and len(data.dtype.fields) > 1:
             for i, rec in enumerate(data):
                 dataSet['data'][i] = rec
         else: