diff --git a/src/widgets/capture/capturewidget.cpp b/src/widgets/capture/capturewidget.cpp
index 7db109a94e..9ad8053ab8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/capture/capturewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/capture/capturewidget.cpp
@@ -644,6 +644,9 @@ void CaptureWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* paintEvent)
 {
     Q_UNUSED(paintEvent)
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive()) {
+        return;
+    }
     GeneralConf::xywh_position position =
       static_cast<GeneralConf::xywh_position>(m_config.showSelectionGeometry());
     /* QPainter::save and restore is somewhat costly so we try to guess
diff --git a/src/widgets/capture/magnifierwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/capture/magnifierwidget.cpp
index bbef246d10..663a1abe80 100644
--- a/src/widgets/capture/magnifierwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/capture/magnifierwidget.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ MagnifierWidget::MagnifierWidget(const QPixmap& p,
 void MagnifierWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter p(this);
+    if (!p.isActive()) {
+        return;
+    }
     if (m_square) {
         drawMagnifier(p);
     } else {
diff --git a/src/widgets/capture/notifierbox.cpp b/src/widgets/capture/notifierbox.cpp
index 4c177fbaef..0006187e7e 100644
--- a/src/widgets/capture/notifierbox.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/capture/notifierbox.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ void NotifierBox::enterEvent(QEnterEvent*)
 void NotifierBox::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive()) {
+        return;
+    }
     // draw Ellipse
     painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
     painter.setBrush(QBrush(m_bgColor, Qt::SolidPattern));
diff --git a/src/widgets/capture/overlaymessage.cpp b/src/widgets/capture/overlaymessage.cpp
index 48d8ca7d0b..2ac98cf8f0 100644
--- a/src/widgets/capture/overlaymessage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/capture/overlaymessage.cpp
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ QString OverlayMessage::compileFromKeyMap(
 void OverlayMessage::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* e)
 {
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive())
+        return;
     painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
 
     painter.setBrush(QBrush(m_fillColor, Qt::SolidPattern));
diff --git a/src/widgets/capture/selectionwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/capture/selectionwidget.cpp
index 5e5fe355b8..74551d3b17 100644
--- a/src/widgets/capture/selectionwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/capture/selectionwidget.cpp
@@ -380,6 +380,9 @@ void SelectionWidget::parentMouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* e)
 void SelectionWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter p(this);
+    if (!p.isActive()) {
+        return;
+    }
     p.setPen(m_color);
     p.drawRect(rect() + QMargins(0, 0, -1, -1));
     p.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
diff --git a/src/widgets/colorpickerwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/colorpickerwidget.cpp
index 866a975716..0628737176 100644
--- a/src/widgets/colorpickerwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/colorpickerwidget.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ const QVector<QColor>& ColorPickerWidget::getDefaultLargeColorPalette()
 void ColorPickerWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* e)
 {
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive())
+        return;
     painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
     painter.setPen(QColor(Qt::black));
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/loadspinner.cpp b/src/widgets/loadspinner.cpp
index b48f4110a9..81a9968faa 100644
--- a/src/widgets/loadspinner.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/loadspinner.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ void LoadSpinner::stop()
 void LoadSpinner::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive())
+        return;
     painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing, true);
     auto pen = QPen(m_color);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/orientablepushbutton.cpp b/src/widgets/orientablepushbutton.cpp
index 091397d4e3..6163687160 100644
--- a/src/widgets/orientablepushbutton.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/orientablepushbutton.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ void OrientablePushButton::paintEvent(QPaintEvent* event)
     Q_UNUSED(event)
 
     QStylePainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive())
+        return;
     QStyleOptionButton option;
     initStyleOption(&option);
 
diff --git a/src/widgets/panel/colorgrabwidget.cpp b/src/widgets/panel/colorgrabwidget.cpp
index ec8e111ea7..471eb784c4 100644
--- a/src/widgets/panel/colorgrabwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/panel/colorgrabwidget.cpp
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ bool ColorGrabWidget::eventFilter(QObject*, QEvent* event)
 void ColorGrabWidget::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*)
 {
     QPainter painter(this);
+    if (!painter.isActive())
+        return;
     painter.drawImage(QRectF(0, 0, width(), height()), m_previewImage);
 }