diff --git a/widgets/svgwidget.cpp b/widgets/svgwidget.cpp
index 72f381b4a..90cf670ad 100644
--- a/widgets/svgwidget.cpp
+++ b/widgets/svgwidget.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ Svg *SvgWidget::svg() const
 
 void SvgWidget::setElementID(const QString &elementID)
 {
-    d->svg->setContainsMultipleImages(!elementID.isNull());
+    if (d->svg) {
+        d->svg->setContainsMultipleImages(!elementID.isNull());
+    }
     d->elementID = elementID;
     update();
 }