diff --git a/src/kmmainwidget.cpp b/src/kmmainwidget.cpp
index 1c1ed7a61..4eda1357d 100644
--- a/src/kmmainwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/kmmainwidget.cpp
@@ -2317,6 +2317,9 @@ void KMMainWidget::slotSaveAttachments()
     if (selectedMessages.isEmpty()) {
         return;
     }
+    if (!mMsgView) {
+        return;
+    }
     // Avoid re-downloading in the common case that only one message is selected, and the message
     // is also displayed in the viewer. For this, create a dummy item without a parent collection / item id,
     // so that KMCommand doesn't download it.