diff --git a/src/mvvmcore/settingsviewmodel.cpp b/src/mvvmcore/settingsviewmodel.cpp
index 05ae8b4..058fba4 100644
--- a/src/mvvmcore/settingsviewmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/mvvmcore/settingsviewmodel.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 #include "settingsviewmodel_p.h"
 #include "coreapp.h"
 #include "qtmvvm_logging_p.h"
-#include "settingssetuploader_p.h"
 #include "qsettingsaccessor.h"
 
 using namespace QtMvvm;
@@ -121,10 +120,9 @@ void QtMvvm::SettingsViewModel::setAccessor(ISettingsAccessor *accessor)
 				   this, &SettingsViewModel::valueChanged);
 		disconnect(d->accessor, &ISettingsAccessor::entryRemoved,
 				   this, &SettingsViewModel::valueChanged);
+		if(d->accessor->parent() == this)
+			d->accessor->deleteLater();
 	}
-
-	if(d->accessor->parent() == this)
-		d->accessor->deleteLater();
 	d->accessor = accessor;
 
 	if(d->accessor) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/invalidDocument.xml b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/invalidDocument.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb2c408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/invalidDocument.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<SettingsConfig>
+	<Category/>
+	<Section/>
+</SettingsConfig>
diff --git a/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/settingsconfigloader.pro b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/settingsconfigloader.pro
index 66a7f62..de0d45e 100644
--- a/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/settingsconfigloader.pro
+++ b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/settingsconfigloader.pro
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ DISTFILES += \
     includeDocument_section.xml \
     includeDocument_group.xml \
     includeDocument_entry.xml \
-    includeDocument_filtered.xml
+    includeDocument_filtered.xml \
+    invalidDocument.xml
diff --git a/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/tst_settingsconfigloader.cpp b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/tst_settingsconfigloader.cpp
index b583d4b..6832e2a 100644
--- a/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/tst_settingsconfigloader.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/mvvmcore/settingsconfigloader/tst_settingsconfigloader.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ void SettingsConfigLoaderTest::testConfigLoader_data()
 									 << QStringList{}
 									 << true
 									 << createIncludesSetup();
+
+	QTest::newRow("invalidDocument") << QStringLiteral(SRCDIR "/invalidDocument.xml")
+									 << QStringLiteral("dummy")
+									 << QStringList{}
+									 << false
+									 << Setup{};
 }
 
 void SettingsConfigLoaderTest::testConfigLoader()