diff --git a/core/processview.cpp b/core/processview.cpp
index 3cd61afd..97288a51 100644
--- a/core/processview.cpp
+++ b/core/processview.cpp
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ using namespace BinaryNinjaDebugger;
 static DebugProcessViewType* g_debugProcessViewType = nullptr;
 
 
-DebugProcessView::DebugProcessView(BinaryView* parent):
-	BinaryView("Debugger", parent->GetFile(), parent)
+DebugProcessView::DebugProcessView(DebugNullView* nullView, BinaryView* parent):
+	BinaryView("Debugger", parent->GetFile(), nullView)
 {
 	m_arch = parent->GetDefaultArchitecture();
 	m_platform = parent->GetDefaultPlatform();
@@ -104,7 +104,9 @@ BinaryView* DebugProcessViewType::Create(BinaryView* data)
 {
 	try
 	{
-		return new DebugProcessView(data);
+		// the null view must be ref-counted, otherwise there will be a memory leak
+		Ref<DebugNullView> nullView = new DebugNullView(data);
+		return new DebugProcessView(nullView, data);
 	}
 	catch (std::exception& e)
 	{
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ BinaryView* DebugProcessViewType::Parse(BinaryView* data)
 {
 	try
 	{
-		return new DebugProcessView(data);
+		// the null view must be ref-counted, otherwise there will be a memory leak
+		Ref<DebugNullView> nullView = new DebugNullView(data);
+		return new DebugProcessView(nullView, data);
 	}
 	catch (std::exception& e)
 	{
@@ -177,3 +181,26 @@ void DebugProcessView::eventHandler(const DebuggerEvent &event)
 		break;
 	}
 }
+
+
+DebugNullView::DebugNullView(BinaryView* parent) :
+	BinaryView("Debugger Null", parent->GetFile(), parent)
+{
+}
+
+
+DebugNullView::~DebugNullView()
+{
+}
+
+
+uint64_t DebugNullView::PerformGetLength() const
+{
+	return 1;
+}
+
+
+bool DebugNullView::PerformIsOffsetBackedByFile(uint64_t offset)
+{
+	return offset == 0;
+}
diff --git a/core/processview.h b/core/processview.h
index ad74dc99..72718345 100644
--- a/core/processview.h
+++ b/core/processview.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ using namespace BinaryNinja;
 namespace BinaryNinjaDebugger
 {
 	class DebuggerController;
+	class DebugNullView;
 
 	class DebugProcessView : public BinaryView
 	{
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ namespace BinaryNinjaDebugger
 		virtual size_t PerformWrite(uint64_t offset, const void* data, size_t len) override;
 
 	public:
-		DebugProcessView(BinaryView* data);
+		DebugProcessView(DebugNullView* nullView, BinaryView* data);
 		virtual ~DebugProcessView();
 		virtual bool Init() override;
 
@@ -76,5 +77,17 @@ namespace BinaryNinjaDebugger
 		virtual bool IsDeprecated() override { return true; };
 	};
 
+
+	class DebugNullView : public BinaryView
+	{
+		virtual uint64_t PerformGetLength() const override;
+		bool PerformIsOffsetBackedByFile(uint64_t offset) override;
+
+	public:
+		DebugNullView(BinaryView* data);
+		virtual ~DebugNullView();
+	};
+
+
 	void InitDebugProcessViewType();
 };