From dedddee70af59461f8a0cb7e43c7e4fec12f0058 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Axel Kohlmeyer <akohlmey@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:06:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] no point in removing a null pointer item

---
 tools/lammps-gui/setvariables.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/setvariables.cpp b/tools/lammps-gui/setvariables.cpp
index 1e9b28ec6a..a63832fc57 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/setvariables.cpp
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/setvariables.cpp
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ void SetVariables::del_row()
         auto *row  = layout->takeAt(delrow);
         while (row->layout()->count() > 0) {
             auto *item = row->layout()->takeAt(0);
-            row->layout()->removeItem(item);
             if (item) {
+                row->layout()->removeItem(item);
                 delete item->widget();
                 delete item;
             }