diff --git a/quicksettings/kscreenosd/kscreenosdutil.cpp b/quicksettings/kscreenosd/kscreenosdutil.cpp
index b353aea1..3aa2355c 100644
--- a/quicksettings/kscreenosd/kscreenosdutil.cpp
+++ b/quicksettings/kscreenosd/kscreenosdutil.cpp
@@ -15,11 +15,18 @@ KScreenOSDUtil::KScreenOSDUtil(QObject *parent)
     : QObject{parent}
 {
     connect(KScreen::ConfigMonitor::instance(), &KScreen::ConfigMonitor::configurationChanged, this, [this]() {
+        if (!m_config) {
+            return;
+        }
         setOutputs(m_config->outputs().size());
     });
 
     connect(new KScreen::GetConfigOperation(), &KScreen::GetConfigOperation::finished, this, [this](auto *op) {
         m_config = qobject_cast<KScreen::GetConfigOperation *>(op)->config();
+        if (!m_config) {
+            qDebug() << "kscreenosdutil: Unable to obtain kscreen config";
+            return;
+        }
         KScreen::ConfigMonitor::instance()->addConfig(m_config);
         setOutputs(m_config->outputs().size());
     });
diff --git a/quicksettings/screenrotation/screenrotationutil.cpp b/quicksettings/screenrotation/screenrotationutil.cpp
index 0db751a0..3c5c8f3b 100644
--- a/quicksettings/screenrotation/screenrotationutil.cpp
+++ b/quicksettings/screenrotation/screenrotationutil.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ ScreenRotationUtil::ScreenRotationUtil(QObject *parent)
 
     connect(new KScreen::GetConfigOperation(), &KScreen::GetConfigOperation::finished, this, [this](auto *op) {
         m_config = qobject_cast<KScreen::GetConfigOperation *>(op)->config();
+        if (!m_config) {
+            qDebug() << "screenrotationutil: Unable to obtain kscreen config";
+            return;
+        }
+
         KScreen::ConfigMonitor::instance()->addConfig(m_config);
 
         // update all screens with event connect