From f0327a999bbff9e35bb9a8835f625ec1bbf13cb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Bradley <adambradley25@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2016 14:53:18 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix(input): test for null element before update

Closes #9278
---
 src/components/content/content.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/components/content/content.ts b/src/components/content/content.ts
index fe50f512a6..a1f547ba7c 100644
--- a/src/components/content/content.ts
+++ b/src/components/content/content.ts
@@ -506,9 +506,13 @@ export class Content extends Ion implements OnDestroy, OnInit {
       console.debug(`content, addScrollPadding, newPadding: ${newPadding}, this._scrollPadding: ${this._scrollPadding}`);
 
       this._scrollPadding = newPadding;
-      this._dom.write(() => {
-        this._scrollEle.style.paddingBottom = (newPadding > 0) ? newPadding + 'px' : '';
-      });
+      if (this._scrollEle) {
+        this._dom.write(() => {
+          if (this._scrollEle) {
+            this._scrollEle.style.paddingBottom = (newPadding > 0) ? newPadding + 'px' : '';
+          }
+        });
+      }
     }
   }