diff --git a/tests/gui/view.c b/tests/gui/view.c
index fa881a5d..6e406153 100644
--- a/tests/gui/view.c
+++ b/tests/gui/view.c
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ static void test_treeview()
 	while (idle_run_task() == true) {}
 	gui_filter_set_playlist(playlist_get(PL_SYSTEM, "Collection"));
 	filter = GTK_TREE_MODEL(gui_filter_get());
+	g_assert_nonnull(filter);
 
 	treeview  = gui_treeview();
+	g_assert_nonnull(treeview);
 
 	g_assert((void *)gtk_tree_view_get_model(treeview) ==
 		 (void *)gui_filter_get());
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	core_init(&argc, NULL, &init_data);
 	gui_builder_init("share/ocarina/ocarina.ui");
 	gui_model_init();
+	gui_filter_init();
+	gui_treeview_init();
 	gui_view_init();
 	while (idle_run_task()) {};