diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
index 8740a3d7937..142127c6c28 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/navigator/navigatortreemodel.cpp
@@ -331,6 +331,9 @@ ModelNode NavigatorTreeModel::modelNodeForIndex(const QModelIndex &index) const
     if (!index.isValid())
         return ModelNode();
 
+    if (!m_view->model())
+        return ModelNode();
+
     return m_view->modelNodeForInternalId(index.internalId());
 }