diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/attrdialog.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/attrdialog.cpp
index e488ee45f21a497ff35b9b9eec03ebacc0ebb78f..24c3f988f82b06684ee9ba10e195046b1dc39662 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/attrdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/attrdialog.cpp
@@ -412,6 +412,9 @@ void AttrDialog::setRepr(Inkscape::XML::Node * repr)
         bool show_content = is_text_or_comment_node(*_repr);
         _scrolledWindow.set_visible(!show_content);
         _content_sw->set_visible(show_content);
+    } else {
+        // if repr is null or none of the attributes selected, then hide popover
+        AttrDialog::valueCanceledPop();
     }
 }