diff --git a/src/keymap-extensions.coffee b/src/keymap-extensions.coffee
index 61ce1a315..82f2e8b99 100644
--- a/src/keymap-extensions.coffee
+++ b/src/keymap-extensions.coffee
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ KeymapManager::loadBundledKeymaps = ->
   @emitter.emit 'did-load-bundled-keymaps'
 
 KeymapManager::getUserKeymapPath = ->
+  return "" unless @configDirPath?
+
   if userKeymapPath = CSON.resolve(path.join(@configDirPath, 'keymap'))
     userKeymapPath
   else