diff --git a/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp b/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
--- a/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
+++ b/applets/kicker/plugin/kastatsfavoritesmodel.cpp
@@ -470,8 +470,10 @@
             this, [&] (const QString &currentActivity) {
                 DEBUG << "Activity just got changed to" << currentActivity;
                 Q_UNUSED(currentActivity);
-                auto clientId = d->m_clientId;
-                initForClient(clientId);
+                if (d) {
+                    auto clientId = d->m_clientId;
+                    initForClient(clientId);
+                }
             });
 }