diff --git a/app/widget/nodeview/nodeview.cpp b/app/widget/nodeview/nodeview.cpp
index 1f224a494..f1d895a05 100644
--- a/app/widget/nodeview/nodeview.cpp
+++ b/app/widget/nodeview/nodeview.cpp
@@ -131,7 +131,12 @@ void NodeView::Select(const QList<Node *> &nodes)
   DeselectAll();
 
   foreach (Node* n, nodes) {
-    scene_.NodeToUIObject(n)->setSelected(true);
+    NodeViewItem* item = scene_.NodeToUIObject(n);
+
+    Q_ASSERT(n);
+    Q_ASSERT(item);
+
+    item->setSelected(true);
   }
 }