diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.coffee b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
index 037c96e65..7c852aa78 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.coffee
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ TextEditorComponent = React.createClass
     return unless @performedInitialMeasurement
     return unless atom.themes.isInitialLoadComplete()
 
-    @refreshScrollbars() if not styleElement? or @containsScrollbarSelector(styleElement.sheet)
+    @refreshScrollbars() if not styleElement.sheet? or @containsScrollbarSelector(styleElement.sheet)
     @sampleFontStyling()
     @sampleBackgroundColors()
     @remeasureCharacterWidths()