diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
index 511b345051..b61fe3e002 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/Et2Select/Et2Select.ts
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ export class Et2Select extends Et2WithSearchMixin(Et2WidgetWithSelect)
 
 	protected _createImage(item)
 	{
-		let image = item ? item.querySelector("et2-image") || item.querySelector("[slot='prefix']") : null;
+		let image = item?.querySelector ? item.querySelector("et2-image") || item.querySelector("[slot='prefix']") : null;
 		if(image)
 		{
 			image = image.clone();