diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorimageprovider.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorimageprovider.cpp
index 515c2e0afba..7ac0162cdbe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorimageprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/stateseditor/stateseditorimageprovider.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ QImage StatesEditorImageProvider::requestImage(const QString &id, QSize *size, c
     if (m_nodeInstanceView.isNull())
         return QImage();
 
+    if (!m_nodeInstanceView->model())
+        return QImage(); //NodeInstanceView might be detached
+
     QSize newSize = requestedSize;
 
     if (newSize.isEmpty())