diff --git a/PySide/QtGui/glue/qlayout_help_functions.h b/PySide/QtGui/glue/qlayout_help_functions.h
index 41b3153..00f0dbd 100644
--- a/PySide/QtGui/glue/qlayout_help_functions.h
+++ b/PySide/QtGui/glue/qlayout_help_functions.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ inline void addLayoutOwnership(QLayout* layout, QLayout* other)
 
 inline void addLayoutOwnership(QLayout* layout, QLayoutItem* item)
 {
+    if (!item)
+        return;
+
     QWidget* w = item->widget();
     if (w)
         addLayoutOwnership(layout, w);
diff --git a/tests/QtGui/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/QtGui/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a4cfe3..acb9a67 100644
--- a/tests/QtGui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/QtGui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ PYSIDE_TEST(bug_991.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(bug_998.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(bug_1002.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(bug_1006.py)
+PYSIDE_TEST(bug_1048.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(customproxywidget_test.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(deepcopy_test.py)
 PYSIDE_TEST(event_filter_test.py)
diff --git a/tests/QtGui/bug_1048.py b/tests/QtGui/bug_1048.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..222c3a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/QtGui/bug_1048.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from PySide import QtGui
+
+a = QtGui.QApplication([])
+
+w = QtGui.QWidget()
+l = QtGui.QGridLayout(w)
+
+l.itemAtPosition(0, 0)