diff --git a/src/plugins/texteditor/bookmarkmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/texteditor/bookmarkmanager.cpp
index ae21a75be88..2e95f7213c2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/texteditor/bookmarkmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/texteditor/bookmarkmanager.cpp
@@ -306,9 +306,10 @@ void BookmarkView::removeAll()
 
 void BookmarkView::gotoBookmark(const QModelIndex &index)
 {
-    Bookmark *bk = m_manager->bookmarkForIndex(index);
-    if (!m_manager->gotoBookmark(bk))
-        m_manager->deleteBookmark(bk);
+    if (Bookmark *bk = m_manager->bookmarkForIndex(index)) {
+        if (!m_manager->gotoBookmark(bk))
+            m_manager->deleteBookmark(bk);
+    }
 }
 
 ////