diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
index 2b395fbfd5a..8a3dd71a1ee 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/qml/qmlinspectoradapter.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void QmlInspectorAdapter::createPreviewForEditor(Core::IEditor *newEditor)
     if (!m_engineClientConnected)
         return;
 
-    if (newEditor && newEditor->id()
+    if (!newEditor || newEditor->id()
             != QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID)
         return;