diff --git a/src/radial/radialplugin.cpp b/src/radial/radialplugin.cpp
index 2bca716..0f63aae 100644
--- a/src/radial/radialplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/radial/radialplugin.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <QEvent>
 #include <QKeySequence>
 #include <QMouseEvent>
+#include <QPointer>
 #include <QTimer>
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QWindow>
@@ -254,29 +255,45 @@ bool RadialView::triggerOllieVerb(const QString &actionId) const
     }
     const QString verb = actionId.mid(QStringLiteral("ollie:").size());
 
-    // The selection-prompt verbs share one method with an argument; the rest are
-    // zero-argument methods matching the Q_INVOKABLE names on the Ollie view.
-    if (verb == QLatin1String("fix")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "submitSelectionPrompt",
-                                  Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Fix")));
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("refactor")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "submitSelectionPrompt",
-                                  Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Refactor")));
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("test")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "submitSelectionPrompt",
-                                  Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Write unit tests for")));
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("doc")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "submitSelectionPrompt",
-                                  Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Add documentation comments to")));
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("ask")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "askAboutFile");
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("explain")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "explainSelection");
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("verbatim")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "sendVerbatim");
-    } else if (verb == QLatin1String("start")) {
-        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(view, "startSession");
-    }
+    // Defer the invocation to the next event-loop turn. We are called from
+    // RadialMenu::finishActivated(), which emits activatedId() while the radial
+    // (a Qt::Popup) is still tearing down its popup grab/focus. During that
+    // window MainWindow::activeView() can be transiently null and the editor's
+    // selection is not reliably readable — the Ollie actions read both live, so
+    // invoking synchronously here makes them intermittently no-op. Running after
+    // the popup has fully closed restores the active view and selection first.
+    // (The Kate-action path does not need this: QAction::trigger() does not
+    // depend on activeView() being valid at that instant.) Guard the view with
+    // QPointer in case the plugin is unloaded before the deferred call runs.
+    QPointer<QObject> safeView = view;
+    auto invoke = [safeView, verb]() {
+        QObject *v = safeView;
+        if (!v) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (verb == QLatin1String("fix")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "submitSelectionPrompt",
+                                      Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Fix")));
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("refactor")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "submitSelectionPrompt",
+                                      Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Refactor")));
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("test")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "submitSelectionPrompt",
+                                      Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Write unit tests for")));
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("doc")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "submitSelectionPrompt",
+                                      Q_ARG(QString, QStringLiteral("Add documentation comments to")));
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("ask")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "askAboutFile");
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("explain")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "explainSelection");
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("verbatim")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "sendVerbatim");
+        } else if (verb == QLatin1String("start")) {
+            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(v, "startSession");
+        }
+    };
+    QTimer::singleShot(0, m_mainWindow->window(), invoke);
     return true;
 }