diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
index e76b1479e06..2ef5e786383 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ export class Tooltip extends Element {
       // But make sure that active elements are still valid.
       return lastActive.filter(i =>
         this.chart.data.datasets[i.datasetIndex] &&
-        this.chart.getDatasetMeta(i.datasetIndex).controller.getParsed(i.index) !== undefined
+        this.chart.getDatasetMeta(i.datasetIndex).controller?.getParsed(i.index) !== undefined
       );
     }