diff --git a/src/app/components/utils/ReactMutationObserver.jsx b/src/app/components/utils/ReactMutationObserver.jsx
index c81e0af4dea9d33f5dba92f402befa721e3b9ae5..d625b723c6bd2c21604645a6a9ca2aec9c693756 100644
--- a/src/app/components/utils/ReactMutationObserver.jsx
+++ b/src/app/components/utils/ReactMutationObserver.jsx
@@ -94,7 +94,10 @@ class ReactMutationObserver extends React.Component {
     }
 
     initObserver(componentElement) {
-        if (typeof MutationObserver !== 'undefined') {
+        if (
+            typeof MutationObserver !== 'undefined' &&
+            componentElement !== null
+        ) {
             this.observer.observe(componentElement, this.observerConfig);
         }
     }