diff --git a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewVideo.qml b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewVideo.qml
index 41afb34b9698f69027ddc786668ea38c68ed8cc1..2b8a59337358978b92b4c502f67e064eac8d9498 100644
--- a/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewVideo.qml
+++ b/src/FlightDisplay/FlightDisplayViewVideo.qml
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ Item {
     id: root
     property double _ar:            QGroundControl.settingsManager.videoSettings.aspectRatio.rawValue
     property bool   _showGrid:      QGroundControl.settingsManager.videoSettings.gridLines.rawValue > 0
+    property var    _videoReceiver: QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver
+
     Rectangle {
         id:             noVideo
         anchors.fill:   parent
         color:          Qt.rgba(0,0,0,0.75)
-        visible:        !QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver.videoRunning
+        visible:        !(_videoReceiver && _videoReceiver.videoRunning)
         QGCLabel {
             text:               qsTr("WAITING FOR VIDEO")
             font.family:        ScreenTools.demiboldFontFamily
@@ -41,20 +43,20 @@ Item {
     Rectangle {
         anchors.fill:   parent
         color:          "black"
-        visible:        QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver.videoRunning
+        visible:        _videoReceiver && _videoReceiver.videoRunning
         QGCVideoBackground {
             id:             videoContent
             height:         parent.height
             width:          _ar != 0.0 ? height * _ar : parent.width
             anchors.centerIn: parent
-            receiver:       QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver
-            display:        QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver.videoSurface
-            visible:        QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver.videoRunning
+            receiver:       _videoReceiver
+            display:        _videoReceiver && _videoReceiver.videoSurface
+            visible:        _videoReceiver && _videoReceiver.videoRunning
             Connections {
-                target:         QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver
+                target:         _videoReceiver
                 onImageFileChanged: {
                     videoContent.grabToImage(function(result) {
-                        if (!result.saveToFile(QGroundControl.videoManager.videoReceiver.imageFile)) {
+                        if (!result.saveToFile(_videoReceiver.imageFile)) {
                             console.error('Error capturing video frame');
                         }
                     });