diff --git a/private/kineticscroll.cpp b/private/kineticscroll.cpp
index c1e952303..591aa8808 100644
--- a/private/kineticscroll.cpp
+++ b/private/kineticscroll.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ void KineticScrolling::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *event)
     d->syncViewportRect();
     d->cposition = -d->parent->property("scrollPosition").value<QPointF>();
 
-    if (d->cposition == QPointF(0, 0) &&
+    if (event && d->cposition == QPointF(0, 0) &&
         d->viewportGeometry.width() + 2 >= d->contentsSize.width() &&
         d->viewportGeometry.height() + 2 >= d->contentsSize.height()) {
         event->ignore();