diff --git a/src/window-event-handler.coffee b/src/window-event-handler.coffee
index e2fc6ea57..14f8fff11 100644
--- a/src/window-event-handler.coffee
+++ b/src/window-event-handler.coffee
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class WindowEventHandler
 
     return unless href
 
-    return if currentTarget.closest('.no-open-link-events')
+    return if currentTarget?.closest?('.no-open-link-events')
 
     schema = url.parse(href).protocol
     return unless schema