diff --git a/src/component/geo/GeoView.ts b/src/component/geo/GeoView.ts
index 2597733a38..c1ca7e6ef2 100644
--- a/src/component/geo/GeoView.ts
+++ b/src/component/geo/GeoView.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class GeoView extends ComponentView {
         let current = e.target;
         let eventData: ECEventData;
         // TODO extract a util function
-        while ((eventData = getECData(current).eventData) == null) {
+        while (current && (eventData = getECData(current).eventData) == null) {
             current = current.__hostTarget || current.parent;
         }