diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index 5dcc81e6f..09a3ce02e 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function getRect(el, relativeToContainingBlock, relativeToNonStaticParent, undoS
 		height,
 		width;
 
-	if (el !== window && el !== getWindowScrollingElement()) {
+	if (el !== window && el.parentNode && el !== getWindowScrollingElement()) {
 		elRect = el.getBoundingClientRect();
 		top = elRect.top;
 		left = elRect.left;