diff --git a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-data/field-data-option-editor-model.ts b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-data/field-data-option-editor-model.ts
index 83ab2a55a..5b0067954 100644
--- a/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-data/field-data-option-editor-model.ts
+++ b/dmp-frontend/src/app/ui/admin/dataset-profile/admin/field-data/field-data-option-editor-model.ts
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ export class FieldDataOptionEditorModel extends FieldDataEditorModel<FieldDataOp
 	}
 
 	fromModel(item: FieldDataOption): FieldDataOptionEditorModel {
-		this.label = item.label;
-		this.value = item.value;
-		this.source = item.source;
+		if (item) {
+			this.label = item.label;
+			this.value = item.value;
+			this.source = item.source;
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 }