diff --git a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
index 8e1d58e159..685af045a2 100644
--- a/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
+++ b/webapp/components/post_view/components/post_list.jsx
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ export default class PostList extends React.Component {
 
     scrollToBottom() {
         this.animationFrameId = window.requestAnimationFrame(() => {
-            this.refs.postlist.scrollTop = this.refs.postlist.scrollHeight;
+            if (this.refs.postlist) {
+                this.refs.postlist.scrollTop = this.refs.postlist.scrollHeight;
+            }
         });
     }