diff --git a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
index 9eecd71476880fedcfa3dca7272a668478bf6779..a48a228ab2dbf4c684318a33e502773130fadcea 100644
--- a/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/cppeditor/cppeditor.cpp
@@ -671,7 +671,8 @@ void CppEditorWidget::updateFunctionDeclDefLinkNow()
     if (noTracking)
         return;
 
-    if (EditorManager::currentEditor()->widget() != this)
+    IEditor *editor = EditorManager::currentEditor();
+    if (!editor || editor->widget() != this)
         return;
 
     const Snapshot semanticSnapshot = d->m_lastSemanticInfo.snapshot;