diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/filters/preserveNewLineInHtml.filter.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/filters/preserveNewLineInHtml.filter.js
index ba90ca88bf..8105282020 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/filters/preserveNewLineInHtml.filter.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/common/filters/preserveNewLineInHtml.filter.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 **/
 angular.module("umbraco.filters").filter('preserveNewLineInHtml', function () {
   return function (text) {
+	if (!text) {
+		return '';
+	}
     return text.replace(/\n/g, '<br />');
   };
 });