diff --git a/src/app/selection.coffee b/src/app/selection.coffee
index 95496dcbc..d0123566b 100644
--- a/src/app/selection.coffee
+++ b/src/app/selection.coffee
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ class Selection
     @editSession.buffer.getTextInRange(@getBufferRange())
 
   clear: ->
-    @anchor?.destroy()
+    return unless @anchor
+    @anchor.destroy()
     @anchor = null
     @screenRangeChanged()