diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableItem.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableItem.cpp
index e5f2d4ec7..625c62952 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableItem.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/PlayableItem.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ PlayableItem::init( PlayableItem* parent, int row )
 void
 PlayableItem::onResultsChanged()
 {
-    if ( !m_query->results().isEmpty() )
+    if ( m_query && !m_query->results().isEmpty() )
         m_result = m_query->results().first();
     else
         m_result = result_ptr();