diff --git a/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts b/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
index 0b593c9e55a..445e60d9240 100755
--- a/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/contextmenu/contextmenu.ts
@@ -1150,8 +1150,13 @@ export class ContextMenu implements OnInit, AfterContentInit, OnDestroy {
 
     removeAppendedElements() {
         if (this.appendTo) {
-            if (this.appendTo === 'body') this.renderer.removeChild(this.document.body, this.containerViewChild.nativeElement);
-            else DomHandler.removeChild(this.containerViewChild.nativeElement, this.appendTo);
+            if (this.appendTo === 'body') {
+                if(this.containerViewChild) {    
+                   this.renderer.removeChild(this.document.body, this.containerViewChild.nativeElement);
+                }
+            } else {
+                DomHandler.removeChild(this.containerViewChild.nativeElement, this.appendTo);
+            }
         }
     }