diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
index 49a1749d6e..43f7e2734c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.cpp
@@ -3157,13 +3157,15 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::setEditViewer(Gui::View3DInventorViewer* viewer, int Mo
 
     viewer->setupEditingRoot();
 
-    cameraSensor.setData(new VPCam{this, viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera()});
-    cameraSensor.attach(&viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getCamera()->orientation);
+    cameraSensor.setData(new VPRender{this, viewer->getSoRenderManager()});
+    cameraSensor.attach(viewer->getSoRenderManager()->getSceneGraph());
 }
 
 void ViewProviderSketch::unsetEditViewer(Gui::View3DInventorViewer* viewer)
 {
-    delete static_cast<VPCam*>(cameraSensor.getData());
+    auto dataPtr = static_cast<VPRender*>(cameraSensor.getData());
+    dataPtr->attached = false;
+    delete dataPtr;
     cameraSensor.detach();
 
     viewer->removeGraphicsItem(rubberband.get());
@@ -3174,9 +3176,12 @@ void ViewProviderSketch::unsetEditViewer(Gui::View3DInventorViewer* viewer)
 
 void ViewProviderSketch::camSensCB(void *data, SoSensor *)
 {
-    VPCam *proxyVPCam = static_cast<VPCam*>(data);
-    auto vp = proxyVPCam->vp;
-    auto cam = proxyVPCam->cam;
+    VPRender *proxyVPrdr = static_cast<VPRender*>(data);
+    if (!proxyVPrdr->attached)
+        return;
+
+    auto vp = proxyVPrdr->vp;
+    auto cam = proxyVPrdr->renderMgr->getCamera();
 
     auto rotSk = Base::Rotation(vp->getDocument()->getEditingTransform()); //sketch orientation
     auto rotc = cam->orientation.getValue().getValue();
diff --git a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
index 7620dc090f..aefd997c7c 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Sketcher/Gui/ViewProviderSketch.h
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@
 
 #include <Mod/Sketcher/App/GeoList.h>
 
-#include <Inventor/sensors/SoFieldSensor.h>
-#include <Inventor/nodes/SoCamera.h>
+#include <Inventor/sensors/SoNodeSensor.h>
+#include <Inventor/SoRenderManager.h>
 
 class TopoDS_Shape;
 class TopoDS_Face;
@@ -391,11 +391,15 @@ private:
         bool buttonPress = false;
     };
 
-    /** @brief Private struct grouping ViewProvider and Camera node, to be used as SoFieldSensor data
+    /** @brief Private struct grouping ViewProvider and RenderManager node, to be used as SoNode sensor data
      */
-    struct VPCam {
+    struct VPRender {
         ViewProviderSketch* vp;
-        SoCamera* cam;
+        SoRenderManager* renderMgr;
+        // we have to manage an internal flag because as sensor events are queued in Coin,
+        // it may happen that the callback is called while the sensor is detached,
+        // leading to subsequent code trying to access deleted objects (passed as sensor data)
+        bool attached = true;
     };
 
 public:
@@ -777,7 +781,7 @@ private:
 
     ViewProviderParameters viewProviderParameters;
 
-    SoFieldSensor cameraSensor;
+    SoNodeSensor cameraSensor;
     int viewOrientationFactor; // stores if sketch viewed from front or back
 };