diff --git a/ui/gtk.c b/ui/gtk.c
index 428f02f2dfe1da721d2ecc638ca96e40d286aad2..6d9cb42b3dc0f2f676ea39a5d84cb72e55c7d480 100644
--- a/ui/gtk.c
+++ b/ui/gtk.c
@@ -1718,8 +1718,10 @@ static void gd_vc_chr_accept_input(Chardev *chr)
 {
     VCChardev *vcd = VC_CHARDEV(chr);
     VirtualConsole *vc = vcd->console;
-
-    gd_vc_send_chars(vc);
+    
+    if (vc) {
+      gd_vc_send_chars(vc);
+    }
 }
 
 static void gd_vc_chr_set_echo(Chardev *chr, bool echo)