diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
index 483f7a0f53..a5b5bf942e 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiView.cpp
@@ -1624,7 +1624,8 @@ void GuiView::newDocument(string const & filename, bool from_template)
 	if (b)
 		setBuffer(b);
 	// Ensure the cursor is correctly positionned on screen.
-	view()->showCursor();
+	if (view())
+		view()->showCursor();
 }