diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index d9a64a3544..ae03f27fac 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -4623,6 +4623,8 @@ void QAbstractItemViewPrivate::selectAll(QItemSelectionModel::SelectionFlags com
 {
     if (!selectionModel)
         return;
+    if (!model->hasChildren(root))
+        return;
 
     QItemSelection selection;
     QModelIndex tl = model->index(0, 0, root);