diff --git a/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j b/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
index 38721d086..b09e0ee27 100644
--- a/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
+++ b/AppKit/_CPImageAndTextView.j
@@ -836,7 +836,8 @@ var _CPimageAndTextViewFrameSizeChangedFlag         = 1 << 0,
 - (void)setSelectedRange:(CPRange)aRange
 {
 #if PLATFORM(DOM)
-    [[[self window] platformWindow] setSelectedRange:aRange inElement:_DOMTextElement];
+    if (_DOMTextElement)
+        [[[self window] platformWindow] setSelectedRange:aRange inElement:_DOMTextElement];
 #endif
 }