diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
index 099d87f9289..e59581b3ac9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditorview.cpp
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ bool MaterialEditorView::locked() const
 
 void MaterialEditorView::currentTimelineChanged(const ModelNode &)
 {
-    m_qmlBackEnd->contextObject()->setHasActiveTimeline(QmlTimeline::hasActiveTimeline(this));
+    if (m_qmlBackEnd)
+        m_qmlBackEnd->contextObject()->setHasActiveTimeline(QmlTimeline::hasActiveTimeline(this));
 }
 
 DynamicPropertiesModel *MaterialEditorView::dynamicPropertiesModel() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/textureeditor/textureeditorview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/textureeditor/textureeditorview.cpp
index a637431c4dd..f770c8c463b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/textureeditor/textureeditorview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/textureeditor/textureeditorview.cpp
@@ -289,7 +289,8 @@ bool TextureEditorView::locked() const
 
 void TextureEditorView::currentTimelineChanged(const ModelNode &)
 {
-    m_qmlBackEnd->contextObject()->setHasActiveTimeline(QmlTimeline::hasActiveTimeline(this));
+    if (m_qmlBackEnd)
+        m_qmlBackEnd->contextObject()->setHasActiveTimeline(QmlTimeline::hasActiveTimeline(this));
 }
 
 DynamicPropertiesModel *TextureEditorView::dynamicPropertiesModel() const