diff --git a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
--- a/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/dolphinmainwindow.cpp
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@
 
 void DolphinMainWindow::slotTerminalPanelVisibilityChanged()
 {
-    if (m_terminalPanel->isHiddenInVisibleWindow()) {
+    if (m_terminalPanel->isHiddenInVisibleWindow() && m_activeViewContainer) {
         m_activeViewContainer->view()->setFocus();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/panels/terminal/terminalpanel.cpp b/src/panels/terminal/terminalpanel.cpp
--- a/src/panels/terminal/terminalpanel.cpp
+++ b/src/panels/terminal/terminalpanel.cpp
@@ -82,16 +82,14 @@
 bool TerminalPanel::isHiddenInVisibleWindow() const
 {
     return parentWidget()
-        && parentWidget()->isHidden()
-        && m_terminal
-        && !hasProgramRunning();
+        && parentWidget()->isHidden();
 }
 
 void TerminalPanel::dockVisibilityChanged()
 {
     // Only react when the DockWidget itself (not some parent) is hidden. This way we don't
     // respond when e.g. Dolphin is minimized.
-    if (isHiddenInVisibleWindow()) {
+    if (isHiddenInVisibleWindow() && m_terminal && !hasProgramRunning()) {
         // Make sure that the following "cd /" command will not affect the view.
         disconnect(m_konsolePart, SIGNAL(currentDirectoryChanged(QString)),
                    this, SLOT(slotKonsolePartCurrentDirectoryChanged(QString)));