diff --git a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
index d2c1abf352..6a7811cf1d 100644
--- a/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
+++ b/src/gtk/dataview.cpp
@@ -4591,11 +4591,14 @@ gtk_dataview_button_press_callback( GtkWidget *WXUNUSED(widget),
         // If the right click is on an item that isn't selected, select it, as is
         // commonly done. Do not do it if the item under mouse is already selected,
         // because it could be a part of multi-item selection.
-        GtkTreeSelection *selection = gtk_tree_view_get_selection(GTK_TREE_VIEW(dv->GtkGetTreeView()));
-        if ( !gtk_tree_selection_path_is_selected(selection, path) )
+        if ( path )
         {
-            gtk_tree_selection_unselect_all(selection);
-            gtk_tree_selection_select_path(selection, path);
+            GtkTreeSelection *selection = gtk_tree_view_get_selection(GTK_TREE_VIEW(dv->GtkGetTreeView()));
+            if ( !gtk_tree_selection_path_is_selected(selection, path) )
+            {
+                gtk_tree_selection_unselect_all(selection);
+                gtk_tree_selection_select_path(selection, path);
+            }
         }
 
         wxDataViewEvent