diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.cpp
index 5e316a810f1..f05fb1db939 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/componentcore/modelnodecontextmenu_helper.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ bool selectionHasSameParent(const SelectionContext &selectionState)
 
 bool selectionIsComponent(const SelectionContext &selectionState)
 {
-    return selectionState.currentSingleSelectedNode().isComponent();
+    return selectionState.currentSingleSelectedNode().isValid()
+            && selectionState.currentSingleSelectedNode().isComponent();
 }
 
 } //SelectionStateFunctors