diff --git a/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts b/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
index fb91e757e91..244b020b379 100755
--- a/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
@@ -1182,11 +1182,9 @@ export class ContextMenu implements OnInit, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
     }
 
     removeAppendedElements() {
-        if (this.appendTo) {
+        if (this.appendTo && this.containerViewChild) {
             if (this.appendTo === 'body') {
-                if (this.containerViewChild) {
-                    this.renderer.removeChild(this.document.body, this.containerViewChild.nativeElement);
-                }
+                this.renderer.removeChild(this.document.body, this.containerViewChild.nativeElement);
             } else {
                 DomHandler.removeChild(this.containerViewChild.nativeElement, this.appendTo);
             }