diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index 80f21ef57..d717359ba 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'charWidth', get: -> @editor.getDefaultCharWidth()
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'firstRenderedScreenRow', get: -> @component.getRenderedRowRange()[0]
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'lastRenderedScreenRow', get: -> @component.getRenderedRowRange()[1]
-  Object.defineProperty @::, 'active', get: -> @is(@getPane().activeView)
+  Object.defineProperty @::, 'active', get: -> @is(@getPane()?.activeView)
   Object.defineProperty @::, 'isFocused', get: -> @component?.state.focused
 
   afterAttach: (onDom) ->