diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/DocumentExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/DocumentExtensions.cs
index b89fddf8a4..7a59d874bd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/DocumentExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/DocumentExtensions.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace umbraco
 		public static IEnumerable<Document> GetAncestorDocuments(this Document document)
 		{
 			var ancestor = uQuery.GetDocument(document.ParentId);
-			while (ancestor != null)
+			while (ancestor != null && ancestor.Id != -1)
 			{
 				yield return ancestor;
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/MediaExtensions.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/MediaExtensions.cs
index b0a7db8550..f52100d9c9 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/MediaExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/uQuery/MediaExtensions.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace umbraco
 		{
 			var ancestor = new Media(media.Parent.Id);
 
-			while (ancestor != null)
+			while (ancestor != null && ancestor.Id != -1)
 			{
 				yield return ancestor;