diff --git a/src/frontend/components/property-type/reference/reference-value.tsx b/src/frontend/components/property-type/reference/reference-value.tsx
index 2fb9014c0..4b62ae5dc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/components/property-type/reference/reference-value.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/components/property-type/reference/reference-value.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const ReferenceValue: React.FC<Props> = (props) => {
     throw new Error(`property: "${property.path}" does not have a reference`)
   }
 
-  if (populated && populated.recordActions.find((a) => a.name === 'show')) {
+  if (populated?.recordActions?.find((a) => a.name === 'show')) {
     const href = h.recordActionUrl({
       resourceId: property.reference, recordId: refId, actionName: 'show',
     })