diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index 74d2770c88f..e2887782abe 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -1860,6 +1860,9 @@ void NodeInstanceView::updateWatcher(const QString &path)
 
 void NodeInstanceView::updateRotationBlocks()
 {
+    if (!model())
+        return;
+
     QList<ModelNode> qml3DNodes;
     QSet<ModelNode> rotationKeyframeTargets;
     bool groupsResolved = false;