diff --git a/Libraries/Renderer/src/renderers/native/ReactNativeComponentTree.js b/Libraries/Renderer/src/renderers/native/ReactNativeComponentTree.js
index 62c0e637051..48c66ebbabd 100644
--- a/Libraries/Renderer/src/renderers/native/ReactNativeComponentTree.js
+++ b/Libraries/Renderer/src/renderers/native/ReactNativeComponentTree.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function getInstanceFromTag(tag) {
 
 function getTagFromInstance(inst) {
   // TODO (bvaughn) Clean up once Stack is deprecated
-  var tag = inst._rootNodeID || inst.stateNode._nativeTag;
+  var tag = inst._rootNodeID || (inst.stateNode && inst.stateNode._nativeTag);
   invariant(tag, 'All native instances should have a tag.');
   return tag;
 }