diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
index d3c65a1e239..909c6483b1e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/rewriterview.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ RewriterView::RewriterView(DifferenceHandling differenceHandling, QObject *paren
         m_textToModelMerger(new Internal::TextToModelMerger(this))
 {
     m_amendTimer.setSingleShot(true);
+
     m_amendTimer.setInterval(800);
     connect(&m_amendTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &RewriterView::amendQmlText);
 
@@ -535,6 +536,10 @@ void RewriterView::applyChanges()
 
 void RewriterView::amendQmlText()
 {
+
+    if (!model()->rewriterView())
+        return;
+
     emitCustomNotification(StartRewriterAmend);
 
     const QString newQmlText = m_textModifier->text();