diff --git a/src/react-editor-view.coffee b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
index 568388043..413ad6d75 100644
--- a/src/react-editor-view.coffee
+++ b/src/react-editor-view.coffee
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class ReactEditorView extends View
     pane?.splitDown(pane?.copyActiveItem()).activeView
 
   getPane: ->
-    @closest('.pane').view()
+    @parent('.item-views').parents('.pane').view()
 
   focus: ->
     if @component?