diff --git a/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagertargetinformation.cpp b/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagertargetinformation.cpp
index 8e45b0973f2..4891353953f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagertargetinformation.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qtapplicationmanager/appmanagertargetinformation.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ TargetInformation::TargetInformation(const Target *target)
 {
     if (!target)
         return;
-    if (target->buildSystem()->isParsing())
+    if (target->buildSystem() && target->buildSystem()->isParsing())
         return;
     auto project = target->project();
     if (!project)