From 0e5f6c2e6fe9d47181b45c66b5a784f8fbca9845 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brian Jacobel <bjacobel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:04:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fix bug on new post creation where we would try to hide an
 element that wasn't there

---
 .../common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js  | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
index 7a44a6571a..c2f87a3ef7 100644
--- a/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
+++ b/common/static/common/js/discussion/views/discussion_inline_view.js
@@ -156,9 +156,11 @@
             this.$('.inline-thread').addClass('is-hidden');
 
             // Delete the thread view
-            this.threadView.$el.empty().off();
-            this.threadView.stopListening();
-            this.threadView = null;
+            if (this.threadView) {
+                this.threadView.$el.empty().off();
+                this.threadView.stopListening();
+                this.threadView = null;
+            }
 
             // Show the thread list view
             this.threadListView.$el.removeClass('is-hidden');