diff --git a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
index c25bceacca..d9e33e50f5 100644
--- a/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/pages/resources/changelog.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ New versions of Shoelace are released as-needed and generally occur when a criti
 
 ## Next
 
+- Fixed a bug in `<sl-radio-group>` where if a click did not contain a `<sl-radio>` it would show a console error. [#2009]
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-split-panel>` that caused it not to recalculate it's position when going from being `display: none;` to its original display value. [#1942]
 - Fixed a bug in `<dialog>` where when it showed it would cause a layout shift. [#1967]
 - Fixed a bug in `<sl-tooltip>` that allowed unwanted text properties to leak in [#1947]
diff --git a/src/components/radio-group/radio-group.component.ts b/src/components/radio-group/radio-group.component.ts
index b066340d37..5873e3344b 100644
--- a/src/components/radio-group/radio-group.component.ts
+++ b/src/components/radio-group/radio-group.component.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export default class SlRadioGroup extends ShoelaceElement implements ShoelaceFor
     const radios = this.getAllRadios();
     const oldValue = this.value;
 
-    if (target.disabled) {
+    if (!target || target.disabled) {
       return;
     }