2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 951af1d7..8dff0135 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 - rpmdrake:
   o fix searching when numeric pad's return key is pressed
+  o fix a crash when default view is unknown (#40025)
 
 Version 4.9.13 - 3 April 2008, Thierry Vignaud
 
diff --git a/rpmdrake b/rpmdrake
index 9db39423..b8abb61b 100755
--- a/rpmdrake
+++ b/rpmdrake
@@ -584,7 +584,11 @@ sub run_treeview_dialog {
     # to retrieve a path, one must prevent "accelerators completion":
     my $get_path = sub { return join('', map { my $i = $_; $i =~ s/_//g; $i } @_) };
 
-    $factory->get_item('<main>' . $get_path->(N("/_View") . '/' . $modes{$mode->[0]}))->set_active(1);
+    if (my $widget = $factory->get_item('<main>' . $get_path->(N("/_View") . '/' . $modes{$mode->[0]}))) {
+        $widget->set_active(1);
+    } else {
+        warn "Impossible to set $mode->[0] view as default\n";
+    }
 
     %check_boxes = map {
         $_ => $factory->get_widget("<main>" . $get_path->($auto_string));