diff --git a/src/gui/image/qimage.cpp b/src/gui/image/qimage.cpp
index 667b65431e..6f649efcf4 100644
--- a/src/gui/image/qimage.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/image/qimage.cpp
@@ -4411,7 +4411,8 @@ QImage QImage::smoothScaled(int w, int h) const {
             src = src.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB32);
     }
     src = qSmoothScaleImage(src, w, h);
-    copyMetadata(src.d, d);
+    if (!src.isNull())
+        copyMetadata(src.d, d);
     return src;
 }