diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
index ec666b3dfc..ec492a91ff 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/idtable.cpp
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ void CSMWorld::IdTable::cloneRecord(const std::string& origin,
 ///This method can return only indexes to the top level table cells
 QModelIndex CSMWorld::IdTable::getModelIndex (const std::string& id, int column) const
 {
-    return index(mIdCollection->getIndex (id), column);
+    int idx = mIdCollection->searchId (id);
+    if (idx != -1)
+        return index(mIdCollection->getIndex (id), column);
+    else
+        return QModelIndex();
 }
 
 void CSMWorld::IdTable::setRecord (const std::string& id,