diff --git a/src/gui/platform/unix/dbustray/qdbustrayicon.cpp b/src/gui/platform/unix/dbustray/qdbustrayicon.cpp
index 0dff9b598ea..6a272dccb4f 100644
--- a/src/gui/platform/unix/dbustray/qdbustrayicon.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/platform/unix/dbustray/qdbustrayicon.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ QTemporaryFile *QDBusTrayIcon::tempIcon(const QIcon &icon)
             // Accessing to process name might be not allowed if the application
             // is confined, thus we can just rely on the current desktop in use
             const QPlatformServices *services = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->services();
-            necessary = services->desktopEnvironment().split(':').contains("UNITY");
+            if (services)
+                necessary = services->desktopEnvironment().split(':').contains("UNITY");
         }
         necessity_checked = true;
     }
diff --git a/src/widgets/dialogs/qcolordialog.cpp b/src/widgets/dialogs/qcolordialog.cpp
index a923aef276a..ab6d581095c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/dialogs/qcolordialog.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/dialogs/qcolordialog.cpp
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ void QColorDialogPrivate::pickScreenColor()
     Q_Q(QColorDialog);
 
     auto *platformServices = QGuiApplicationPrivate::platformIntegration()->services();
-    if (platformServices->hasCapability(QPlatformServices::Capability::ColorPicking)) {
+    if (platformServices && platformServices->hasCapability(QPlatformServices::Capability::ColorPicking)) {
         if (auto *colorPicker = platformServices->colorPicker(q->windowHandle())) {
             q->connect(colorPicker, &QPlatformServiceColorPicker::colorPicked, q,
                        [q, colorPicker](const QColor &color) {