diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
index eb54dd489..a36544217 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/type_widgets/geo_map.ts
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ export default class GeoMapTypeWidget extends TypeWidget {
         const blob = await this.note.getBlob();
 
         let parsedContent: MapData = {};
-        if (blob) {
+        if (blob && blob.content) {
             parsedContent = JSON.parse(blob.content);
         }