diff --git a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/api.jsx b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/api.jsx
index a76173dd965a33..7ad0ea6f1e668a 100644
--- a/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/api.jsx
+++ b/src/sentry/static/sentry/app/api.jsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class Client {
       if (cleanup === true) {
         delete this.activeRequests[id];
       }
-      if (req.alive) {
+      if (req && req.alive) {
         return func.apply(req, args);
       }
     };