diff --git a/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx b/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx
index 07de005ad281..88521ebb455e 100644
--- a/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx
+++ b/comphelper/source/misc/lok.cxx
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ bool anyInput()
 {
     bool bRet = false;
 
-    if (g_pAnyInputCallback && g_pAnyInputCallbackData)
+    // Ignore input events during background save.
+    if (!g_bForkedChild && g_pAnyInputCallback && g_pAnyInputCallbackData)
     {
         bRet = g_pAnyInputCallback(g_pAnyInputCallbackData);
     }
diff --git a/sfx2/source/doc/objcont.cxx b/sfx2/source/doc/objcont.cxx
index ba4864fa9a7b..1507ad6f810d 100644
--- a/sfx2/source/doc/objcont.cxx
+++ b/sfx2/source/doc/objcont.cxx
@@ -587,7 +587,12 @@ void SfxObjectShell::UpdateFromTemplate_Impl(  )
 
 bool SfxObjectShell::IsHelpDocument() const
 {
-    std::shared_ptr<const SfxFilter> pFilter = GetMedium()->GetFilter();
+    if (!pMedium)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    std::shared_ptr<const SfxFilter> pFilter = pMedium->GetFilter();
     return (pFilter && pFilter->GetFilterName() == "writer_web_HTML_help");
 }