diff --git a/src/components/content/content.ts b/src/components/content/content.ts
index 59b526791d6..3fd88d5816b 100644
--- a/src/components/content/content.ts
+++ b/src/components/content/content.ts
@@ -460,6 +460,8 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
     this._tabbarPlacement = null;
 
     let ele: HTMLElement = this._elementRef.nativeElement;
+    if (!ele) return;
+
     let parentEle: HTMLElement = ele.parentElement;
     let computedStyle: any;
 
@@ -511,6 +513,8 @@ export class Content extends Ion {
     let newVal: number;
     let scrollEle = this._scrollEle;
 
+    if (!scrollEle) return;
+
     // only write when it has changed
     if (this._fullscreen) {
       // adjust the content with padding, allowing content to scroll under headers/footers