diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
index dd1f724348c..7472713ea53 100644
--- a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
+++ b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ DirectoryView::DirectoryView(GWidget* parent)
     , m_model(GDirectoryModel::create())
 {
     set_active_widget(nullptr);
-    m_item_view = new GItemView(this);
+    m_item_view = GItemView::construct(this);
     m_item_view->set_model(model());
 
     m_table_view = new GTableView(this);
diff --git a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.h b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.h
index 78e8755a08a..f383596cae0 100644
--- a/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.h
+++ b/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.h
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ private:
     void add_path_to_history(const StringView& path);
 
     GTableView* m_table_view { nullptr };
-    GItemView* m_item_view { nullptr };
+    ObjectPtr<GItemView> m_item_view;
 };
diff --git a/Libraries/LibGUI/GItemView.h b/Libraries/LibGUI/GItemView.h
index 74f63e962e7..dc67ea8fe43 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibGUI/GItemView.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibGUI/GItemView.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ class Painter;
 class GItemView : public GAbstractView {
     C_OBJECT(GItemView)
 public:
-    explicit GItemView(GWidget* parent);
     virtual ~GItemView() override;
 
     int content_width() const;
@@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ public:
     void set_model_column(int column) { m_model_column = column; }
 
 private:
+    explicit GItemView(GWidget* parent);
+
     virtual void did_update_model() override;
     virtual void paint_event(GPaintEvent&) override;
     virtual void resize_event(GResizeEvent&) override;