diff --git a/widgets/tabbar.cpp b/widgets/tabbar.cpp
index 80a16f626..bbe4b471a 100644
--- a/widgets/tabbar.cpp
+++ b/widgets/tabbar.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void TabBar::setCurrentIndex(int index)
         d->newPage = 0;
     }
 
-    if (d->newPage) {
+    if (d->newPage && d->oldPage) {
         d->newPage->resize(d->oldPage->size());
     }