diff --git a/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx b/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
index b3b0ff663..b303c6ae3 100644
--- a/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
+++ b/src/components/multiselect-list.cjsx
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class MultiselectList extends React.Component
 
       item = React.findDOMNode(@).querySelector(".focused")
       item ?= React.findDOMNode(@).querySelector(".keyboard-cursor")
+      return unless item
       @refs.list.scrollTo(item)
 
   componentWillUnmount: =>