1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/selectionmode/bottombarcontentscontainer.cpp b/src/selectionmode/bottombarcontentscontainer.cpp
index d571b0302..0e3087a9c 100644
--- a/src/selectionmode/bottombarcontentscontainer.cpp
+++ b/src/selectionmode/bottombarcontentscontainer.cpp
@@ -483,7 +483,9 @@ std::vector<QAction *> BottomBarContentsContainer::contextActionsFor(const KFile
     if (selectedItems.isEmpty()) {
         // There are no contextual actions to show for these items.
         // We might even want to hide this bar in this case. To make this clear, we reset m_internalContextMenu.
-        m_internalContextMenu.release()->deleteLater();
+        if (m_internalContextMenu) {
+            m_internalContextMenu.release()->deleteLater();
+        }
         return std::vector<QAction *>{};
     }