diff --git a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
index af1ba657f..2b33cda3c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/browser/hints.py
@@ -758,7 +758,10 @@ class HintManager(QObject):
         self._context = HintContext()
         self._context.target = target
         self._context.rapid = rapid
-        self._context.baseurl = tabbed_browser.current_url()
+        try:
+            self._context.baseurl = tabbed_browser.current_url()
+        except qtutils.QtValueError:
+            raise cmdexc.CommandError("No URL set for this page yet!")
         self._context.frames = webelem.get_child_frames(mainframe)
         for frame in self._context.frames:
             # WORKAROUND for