diff --git a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
index 79719a04287..50e6201634e 100644
--- a/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
+++ b/addons/web_editor/static/src/js/editor/snippets.options.js
@@ -279,6 +279,13 @@ const UserValueWidget = Widget.extend({
      * Closes the widget (only meaningful for widgets that can be closed).
      */
     close: function () {
+        if (!this.el) {
+            // In case the method is called while the widget is not fully
+            // initialized yet. No need to prevent that case: asking a non
+            // initialized widget to close itself should just not be a problem
+            // and just be ignored.
+            return;
+        }
         this.trigger_up('user_value_widget_closing');
         this.el.classList.remove('o_we_widget_opened');
         this._userValueWidgets.forEach(widget => widget.close());