diff --git a/src/perl/textui/TextUI.xs b/src/perl/textui/TextUI.xs
index 56d89d3e..4e7db7b2 100644
--- a/src/perl/textui/TextUI.xs
+++ b/src/perl/textui/TextUI.xs
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ static void perl_statusbar_item_fill_hash(HV *hv, SBAR_ITEM_REC *item)
 	hv_store(hv, "max_size", 8, newSViv(item->max_size), 0);
 	hv_store(hv, "xpos", 4, newSViv(item->xpos), 0);
 	hv_store(hv, "size", 4, newSViv(item->size), 0);
-	hv_store(hv, "window", 6, plain_bless(item->bar->parent_window->active,
-					      "Irssi::UI::Window"), 0);
+	if (item->bar->parent_window != NULL)
+		hv_store(hv, "window", 6, plain_bless(item->bar->parent_window->active, "Irssi::UI::Window"), 0);
 }
 
 static PLAIN_OBJECT_INIT_REC textui_plains[] = {