diff --git a/src/plugins/autotest/testcodeparser.cpp b/src/plugins/autotest/testcodeparser.cpp
index 7fb0fc1897e..da95b7273ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/autotest/testcodeparser.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/autotest/testcodeparser.cpp
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ static void checkQmlDocumentForTestCode(QFutureInterface<TestParseResult> future
                                         const QmlJS::Document::Ptr &qmlJSDoc,
                                         const QString &proFile = QString())
 {
+    if (qmlJSDoc.isNull())
+        return;
     QmlJS::AST::Node *ast = qmlJSDoc->ast();
     QTC_ASSERT(ast, return);
     TestQmlVisitor qmlVisitor(qmlJSDoc);