diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
index b3dadc90e48..8d97ed0d4cb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/qmldesignerplugin.cpp
@@ -197,7 +197,8 @@ void QmlDesignerPlugin::showDesigner()
 
 void QmlDesignerPlugin::hideDesigner()
 {
-    if (currentDesignDocument()->currentModel()
+    if (currentDesignDocument()
+            && currentDesignDocument()->currentModel()
             && !currentDesignDocument()->hasQmlSyntaxErrors())
         jumpTextCursorToSelectedModelNode();