diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Extras/BarWidgetLoader.qml b/Modules/Bar/Extras/BarWidgetLoader.qml
index a889474ef..5e4193f66 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Extras/BarWidgetLoader.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Extras/BarWidgetLoader.qml
@@ -72,33 +72,8 @@ Item {
   Loader {
     id: loader
     anchors.fill: parent
-    asynchronous: false
-
-    // Deferred activation to prevent re-entrant incubation crash:
-    // When ListModel.append() creates this delegate, the Repeater is mid-incubation.
-    // If this Loader activates synchronously (asynchronous: false) during delegate
-    // finalization, it triggers nested QQmlIncubatorPrivate::incubate which corrupts
-    // the V4 heap (SIGSEGV in QV4::Object::insertMember).
-    // Deferring to the next event loop iteration breaks the nesting.
-    property bool _ready: false
-    active: _ready && root.checkWidgetExists() && (root.reloadCounter >= 0)
-
-    Timer {
-      id: activateTimer
-      interval: 0
-      onTriggered: loader._ready = true
-    }
-
-    Component.onCompleted: activateTimer.start()
-
-    // Reset _ready when reloadCounter changes to force a deferred re-activation
-    Connections {
-      target: root
-      function onReloadCounterChanged() {
-        loader._ready = false;
-        activateTimer.restart();
-      }
-    }
+    asynchronous: true
+    active: root.checkWidgetExists() && (root.reloadCounter >= 0)
 
     sourceComponent: {
       // Depend on reloadCounter to force re-fetch of component
diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ControlCenter.qml b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ControlCenter.qml
index f50511d02..31e660a61 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ControlCenter.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/ControlCenter.qml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ NIconButton {
   // If using distro logo, don't use theme icon.
   icon: (customIconPath === "" && !useDistroLogo) ? customIcon : ""
   tooltipText: {
-    if (PanelService.getPanel("controlCenterPanel", screen)?.isPanelOpen) {
+    if (!screen || PanelService.getPanel("controlCenterPanel", screen)?.isPanelOpen) {
       return "";
     } else {
       return I18n.tr("tooltips.open-control-center");
diff --git a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/MediaMini.qml b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/MediaMini.qml
index f800a3a8d..2b8dc887b 100644
--- a/Modules/Bar/Widgets/MediaMini.qml
+++ b/Modules/Bar/Widgets/MediaMini.qml
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ Item {
                }
 
     onEntered: {
-      if ((isVertical || scrollingMode === "never") && !PanelService.getPanel("mediaPlayerPanel", screen)?.isPanelOpen) {
+      if (screen && (isVertical || scrollingMode === "never") && !PanelService.getPanel("mediaPlayerPanel", screen)?.isPanelOpen) {
         TooltipService.show(root, title, BarService.getTooltipDirection(root.screen?.name));
       }
     }