diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/components/pdf-js-viewer.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/components/pdf-js-viewer.js
index f72333c756..43c6fcf38d 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/components/pdf-js-viewer.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/components/pdf-js-viewer.js
@@ -193,11 +193,19 @@ function PdfJsViewer({ url, pdfFile }) {
         const pageElement = textLayer.source.textLayerDiv.closest('.page')
 
         const doubleClickListener = event => {
-          window.dispatchEvent(
-            new CustomEvent('synctex:sync-to-position', {
-              detail: pdfJsWrapper.clickPosition(event, pageElement, textLayer),
-            })
+          const clickPosition = pdfJsWrapper.clickPosition(
+            event,
+            pageElement,
+            textLayer
           )
+
+          if (clickPosition) {
+            window.dispatchEvent(
+              new CustomEvent('synctex:sync-to-position', {
+                detail: clickPosition,
+              })
+            )
+          }
         }
 
         pageElement.addEventListener('dblclick', doubleClickListener)
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
index 2648a8fbcb..91673269e5 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/pdf-preview/util/pdf-js-wrapper.js
@@ -152,7 +152,13 @@ export default class PDFJSWrapper {
   clickPosition(event, pageElement, textLayer) {
     const { viewport } = this.viewer.getPageView(textLayer.pageNumber - 1)
 
-    const pageRect = pageElement.querySelector('canvas').getBoundingClientRect()
+    const pageCanvas = pageElement.querySelector('canvas')
+
+    if (!pageCanvas) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    const pageRect = pageCanvas.getBoundingClientRect()
 
     const dx = event.clientX - pageRect.left
     const dy = event.clientY - pageRect.top