diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/selectiondynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/selectiondynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
index 00732479e81..7232e834132 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/selectiondynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/connectioneditor/selectiondynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ using namespace QmlDesigner::Internal;
 SelectionDynamicPropertiesProxyModel::SelectionDynamicPropertiesProxyModel(QObject *parent)
     : DynamicPropertiesProxyModel(parent)
 {
-    initModel(ConnectionView::instance()->dynamicPropertiesModel());
+    if (ConnectionView::instance())
+        initModel(ConnectionView::instance()->dynamicPropertiesModel());
 }
 
 void SelectionDynamicPropertiesProxyModel::registerDeclarativeType()
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditordynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditordynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
index 2a56561001f..147ecd1d5f0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditordynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/materialeditor/materialeditordynamicpropertiesproxymodel.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ using namespace QmlDesigner;
 MaterialEditorDynamicPropertiesProxyModel::MaterialEditorDynamicPropertiesProxyModel(QObject *parent)
     : DynamicPropertiesProxyModel(parent)
 {
-    initModel(MaterialEditorView::instance()->dynamicPropertiesModel());
+    if (MaterialEditorView::instance())
+        initModel(MaterialEditorView::instance()->dynamicPropertiesModel());
 }
 
 void MaterialEditorDynamicPropertiesProxyModel::registerDeclarativeType()