From 3665011c224cb333bc3adb93b44516ab80e76109 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Davis <paul@linuxaudiosystems.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2025 07:43:48 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix crash from use of null Editor::_pianoroll

---
 gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
index e7d1ce2c9b..1e9236984e 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_selection.cc
@@ -1764,7 +1764,7 @@ Editor::maybe_edit_region_in_bottom_pane (RegionView& rv)
 		_pianoroll->contents().hide (); // Why is this needed?
 		_pianoroll->contents().show_all ();
 	} else {
-		if (_pianoroll->contents().get_parent()) {
+		if (_pianoroll && _pianoroll->contents().get_parent()) {
 			_pianoroll->contents().unmap ();
 			_pianoroll->contents().get_parent()->remove (_pianoroll->contents());
 		}