diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
index e5925a484..646def8f2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/features/ui/index.js
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ class SwitchingColumnsArea extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   setRef = c => {
-    this.node = c.getWrappedInstance();
+    if (c) {
+      this.node = c.getWrappedInstance();
+    }
   }
 
   render () {