diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
index 2e881417f78..a24d0f7dde3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin.tooltip.js
@@ -120,15 +120,29 @@ function splitNewlines(str) {
 function createTooltipItem(chart, item) {
   const {element, datasetIndex, index} = item;
   const controller = chart.getDatasetMeta(datasetIndex).controller;
-  const {label, value} = controller.getLabelAndValue(index);
+
+  if (controller) {
+    const {label, value} = controller.getLabelAndValue(index);
+
+    return {
+      chart,
+      label,
+      parsed: controller.getParsed(index),
+      raw: chart.data.datasets[datasetIndex].data[index],
+      formattedValue: value,
+      dataset: controller.getDataset(),
+      dataIndex: index,
+      datasetIndex,
+      element
+    };
+  }
 
   return {
     chart,
-    label,
-    parsed: controller.getParsed(index),
-    raw: chart.data.datasets[datasetIndex].data[index],
-    formattedValue: value,
-    dataset: controller.getDataset(),
+    label: '',
+    parsed: undefined,
+    raw: undefined,
+    formattedValue: '',
     dataIndex: index,
     datasetIndex,
     element