diff --git a/Source/Filter Effects/SvgFilter.cs b/Source/Filter Effects/SvgFilter.cs
index b73d17341..277f31fe9 100644
--- a/Source/Filter Effects/SvgFilter.cs	
+++ b/Source/Filter Effects/SvgFilter.cs	
@@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ protected override void Render(ISvgRenderer renderer)
         private Matrix GetTransform(SvgVisualElement element)
         {
             var transformMatrix = new Matrix();
-            foreach (var transformation in element.Transforms)
-            {
-                transformMatrix.Multiply(transformation.Matrix);
-            }
+            if (element.Transforms != null)
+                foreach (var transformation in element.Transforms)
+                    transformMatrix.Multiply(transformation.Matrix);
             return transformMatrix;
         }
 
diff --git a/Source/SvgElement.cs b/Source/SvgElement.cs
index cae89047e..06b8d82a6 100644
--- a/Source/SvgElement.cs
+++ b/Source/SvgElement.cs
@@ -522,8 +522,6 @@ public SvgElement()
             this._elementName = string.Empty;
             this._customAttributes = new SvgCustomAttributeCollection(this);
 
-            Transforms = new SvgTransformCollection();
-
             //subscribe to attribute events
             Attributes.AttributeChanged += Attributes_AttributeChanged;
             CustomAttributes.AttributeChanged += Attributes_AttributeChanged;
diff --git a/Source/Text/SvgTextPath.cs b/Source/Text/SvgTextPath.cs
index 2a68b90db..569671474 100644
--- a/Source/Text/SvgTextPath.cs
+++ b/Source/Text/SvgTextPath.cs
@@ -60,15 +60,11 @@ protected override GraphicsPath GetBaselinePath(ISvgRenderer renderer)
             var path = this.OwnerDocument.IdManager.GetElementById(this.ReferencedPath) as SvgVisualElement;
             if (path == null) return null;
             var pathData = (GraphicsPath)path.Path(renderer).Clone();
-            if (path.Transforms.Count > 0)
+            if (path.Transforms != null && path.Transforms.Count > 0)
             {
-                Matrix transformMatrix = new Matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
-
+                var transformMatrix = new Matrix(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
                 foreach (var transformation in path.Transforms)
-                {
                     transformMatrix.Multiply(transformation.Matrix);
-                }
-
                 pathData.Transform(transformMatrix);
             }
             return pathData;