diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
index 661b303a940..a1025cc9aa4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/instances/nodeinstanceview.cpp
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ NodeInstanceView::NodeInstanceView(ConnectionManagerInterface &connectionManager
     m_resetTimer.setSingleShot(true);
     m_resetTimer.setInterval(100);
     QObject::connect(&m_resetTimer, &QTimer::timeout, [this] {
-        resetPuppet();
+        if (isAttached())
+            resetPuppet();
     });
     m_updateWatcherTimer.setSingleShot(true);
     m_updateWatcherTimer.setInterval(100);
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
index 20d39362a0e..50497c58359 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/designercore/model/abstractview.cpp
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ void AbstractView::resetView()
 
 void AbstractView::resetPuppet()
 {
+    QTC_ASSERT(isAttached(), return);
     emitCustomNotification(QStringLiteral("reset QmlPuppet"));
 }
 
@@ -689,7 +690,8 @@ void AbstractView::emitCustomNotification(const QString &identifier, const QList
 
 void AbstractView::emitCustomNotification(const QString &identifier, const QList<ModelNode> &nodeList, const QList<QVariant> &data)
 {
-    model()->d->notifyCustomNotification(this, identifier, nodeList, data);
+    if (model())
+        model()->d->notifyCustomNotification(this, identifier, nodeList, data);
 }
 
 void AbstractView::emitInstancePropertyChange(const QList<QPair<ModelNode, PropertyName> > &propertyList)