diff --git a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
index 5b9a9ab5da..4e2c2b5228 100644
--- a/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/TechDraw/Gui/QGIView.cpp
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ void QGIView::snapPosition(QPointF& newPosition)
         return;
     }
 
-    auto feature = getViewObject();
+    DrawView* feature = getViewObject();
     if (!feature) {
         return;
     }
@@ -286,14 +286,18 @@ void QGIView::snapPosition(QPointF& newPosition)
         return;
     }
 
-    auto dvp = freecad_cast<DrawViewPart*>(feature);
+    auto* dvp = freecad_cast<DrawViewPart*>(feature);
     if (dvp  &&
         !dvp->hasGeometry()) {
         // too early. wait for updates to finish.
         return;
     }
 
-    auto vpPage = getViewProviderPage(feature);
+    ViewProviderPage* vpPage = getViewProviderPage(feature);
+    if (!vpPage) {
+        // too early. not added to page yet?
+        return;
+    }
 
     QGSPage* scenePage = vpPage->getQGSPage();
     if (!scenePage) {