diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
index 50794eafcc..f131145473 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/ReactRouter/IonRouter.tsx
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ class IonRouterInner extends React.PureComponent<IonRouteProps, IonRouteState> {
     };
   }
 
-  handleChangeTab(tab: string, path: string, routeOptions?: any) {
+  handleChangeTab(tab: string, path?: string, routeOptions?: any) {
+    if (!path) { return; }
+
     const routeInfo = this.locationHistory.getCurrentRouteInfoForTab(tab);
     const [pathname, search] = path.split('?');
     if (routeInfo) {
diff --git a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
index 76aea4c57a..7f939b58c7 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-router/src/router.ts
@@ -252,7 +252,9 @@ export const createIonRouter = (opts: IonicVueRouterOptions, router: Router) =>
     }
   }
 
-  const changeTab = (tab: string, path: string) => {
+  const changeTab = (tab: string, path?: string) => {
+    if (!path) return;
+
     const routeInfo = locationHistory.getCurrentRouteInfoForTab(tab);
     const [pathname] = path.split('?');