diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
index acd006e9b..c5f2df34b 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/editable_text.js
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ export default class EditableTextTypeWidget extends AbstractTextTypeWidget {
                 }
 
                 $classicToolbarWidget.empty();
-                $classicToolbarWidget[0].appendChild(editor.ui.view.toolbar.element);
+                if ($classicToolbarWidget.length) {
+                    $classicToolbarWidget[0].appendChild(editor.ui.view.toolbar.element);
+                }
 
                 if (utils.isMobile()) {
                     $classicToolbarWidget.addClass("visible");