diff --git a/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp b/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
index 99bc7091d..d70575102 100644
--- a/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
+++ b/src/guiengine/widgets/dynamic_ribbon_widget.cpp
@@ -871,6 +871,8 @@ void DynamicRibbonWidget::scroll(int x_delta, bool evenIfDeactivated)
     {
         for (unsigned int n=0; n<MAX_PLAYER_COUNT; n++)
         {
+            if (m_selected_item[n] == -1)
+                continue;
             RibbonWidget* ribbon = m_rows.get(0); // there is a single row when we can select items
             int id = m_selected_item[n] - m_scroll_offset;
             if (id < 0) id += (int) m_items.size();