diff --git a/addons/website/static/src/js/website.snippets.editor.js b/addons/website/static/src/js/website.snippets.editor.js
index 64854442af7..61a60b2b0c5 100644
--- a/addons/website/static/src/js/website.snippets.editor.js
+++ b/addons/website/static/src/js/website.snippets.editor.js
@@ -1565,7 +1565,9 @@
         */
         _readXMLData: function() {
             var self = this;
-            this.$el = this.BuildingBlock.$snippets.filter(function () { return $(this).data("snippet-id") == self.snippet_id; }).clone();
+            if(this && this.BuildingBlock && this.BuildingBlock.$snippets) {
+                this.$el = this.BuildingBlock.$snippets.filter(function () { return $(this).data("snippet-id") == self.snippet_id; }).clone();
+            }
             var $options = this.$overlay.find(".oe_overlay_options");
             if ($options.find(".oe_options ul li").length) {
                 $options.find(".oe_options").removeClass("hidden");