diff --git a/api/js/egw_action/EgwPopupActionImplementation.ts b/api/js/egw_action/EgwPopupActionImplementation.ts
index d6d1c77088..3194ed6ac7 100644
--- a/api/js/egw_action/EgwPopupActionImplementation.ts
+++ b/api/js/egw_action/EgwPopupActionImplementation.ts
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ export class EgwPopupActionImplementation implements EgwActionImplementation {
                 const _implContext = {
                     event: e, posx: _xy.posx,
                     posy: _xy.posy,
-                    innerText: nodeToUse.title || _node.innerText,//nodeToUse only exists on widgets that define findActionTarget
-                    target: nodeToUse.target || _node,
+                    innerText: nodeToUse?.title || _node.innerText,//nodeToUse only exists on widgets that define findActionTarget
+                    target: nodeToUse?.target || _node,
                 };
                 _callback.call(contextToUse || _context, _implContext, this);
             }