diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index c197ad66d6d..447746f26a0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -347,10 +347,22 @@ void QmlDesignerPlugin::resetModelSelection()
         currentDesignDocument()->rewriterView()->setSelectedModelNodes(QList<ModelNode>());
 }
 
+static  QmlJS::Document::Ptr documentForFilePath(const QString &filePath)
+{
+    QmlJS::Document::Ptr document = QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface::instance()->snapshot().document(filePath);
+    if (!document) {
+        document = QmlJS::Document::create(filePath, QmlJS::Language::Qml);
+        QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface::instance()->snapshot().insert(document);
+    }
+
+    return document;
+}
+
 static bool checkIfEditorIsQtQuick(Core::IEditor *editor)
 {
+    if (editor)
     if (editor && editor->document()->id() == QmlJSEditor::Constants::C_QMLJSEDITOR_ID) {
-        QmlJS::Document::Ptr document = QmlJS::ModelManagerInterface::instance()->snapshot().document(editor->document()->filePath());
+        QmlJS::Document::Ptr document = documentForFilePath(editor->document()->filePath());
         if (!document.isNull())
             return document->language() == QmlJS::Language::QmlQtQuick1
                     || document->language() == QmlJS::Language::QmlQtQuick2