From 05c789187444d0f8d594df106da46435409d3f08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Hodgson <matthew@matrix.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:54:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix NPE

---
 src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
index f3b3b356df..9324824087 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSettings.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     getTopic: function() {
-        return this.refs.topic.value;
+        return this.refs.topic ? this.refs.topic.value : "";
     },
 
     getJoinRules: function() {