diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/api-sections.gjs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/api-sections.gjs
index 7a7996ccbd9..58fe7861537 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/api-sections.gjs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/sidebar/api-sections.gjs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function prepareSidebarSectionClass(Section) {
         return this.links;
       }
 
-      if (this.text.toLowerCase().match(this.sidebarState.sanitizedFilter)) {
+      if (this.text?.toLowerCase()?.match(this.sidebarState.sanitizedFilter)) {
         return this.links;
       }