diff --git a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
index 2c5b40e83f3..12b5c4d7a26 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmljstools/qmljsrefactoringchanges.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@ QmlJSRefactoringFile::QmlJSRefactoringFile(TextEditor::TextEditorWidget *editor,
     : RefactoringFile(editor)
     , m_qmljsDocument(document)
 {
-    m_fileName = document->fileName();
+    if (document)
+        m_fileName = document->fileName();
 }
 
 Document::Ptr QmlJSRefactoringFile::qmljsDocument() const