diff --git a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
index b2d19937423..7770096d248 100644
--- a/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/itemviews/qabstractitemview.cpp
@@ -1213,7 +1213,8 @@ void QAbstractItemView::selectAll()
         break;
     case NoSelection:
     case ContiguousSelection:
-        d->selectAll(selectionCommand(d->model->index(0, 0, d->root)));
+        if (d->model->hasChildren(d->root))
+            d->selectAll(selectionCommand(d->model->index(0, 0, d->root)));
         break;
     case SingleSelection:
         break;