diff --git a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/nodeFactory/Page.cs b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/nodeFactory/Page.cs
index 8e378ff85e..adf4517505 100644
--- a/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/nodeFactory/Page.cs
+++ b/umbraco/presentation/umbraco/nodeFactory/Page.cs
@@ -422,9 +422,12 @@ namespace umbraco.presentation.nodeFactory
         {
             // Load parent if it exists and is a node
 
-            if (_pageXmlNode != null && _pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode("..") != null && (
-                _pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode("..").Name == "node" || _pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode("..").Attributes.GetNamedItem("isDoc") != null))
-                _parent = new Node(_pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode(".."), true);
+            if (_pageXmlNode != null && _pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode("..") != null)
+            {
+                XmlNode parent = _pageXmlNode.SelectSingleNode("..");
+                if (parent != null && (parent.Name == "node" || (parent.Attributes != null && parent.Attributes.GetNamedItem("isDoc") != null)))
+                    _parent = new Node(parent, true);
+            }
         }
 
         private void initialize()