diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c b/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
index 0dada94eb..9f45be909 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-cursor-renderer-native.c
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ invalidate_cursor_gpu_state (MetaCursorRenderer *cursor_renderer,
       CursorStageView *cursor_stage_view;
 
       cursor_stage_view = get_cursor_stage_view (view);
+      if (!cursor_stage_view)
+        continue;
+
       cursor_stage_view->is_hw_cursor_valid = FALSE;
     }
 }