diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/people/people.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/people/people.widget.ts
index 1bf41b4abf..556ba64dc6 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/people/people.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/people/people.widget.ts
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@ export class PeopleWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit, Af
     }
 
     ngAfterViewInit() {
-        let onBlurInputEvent = Observable.fromEvent(this.input.nativeElement, 'blur');
-        onBlurInputEvent.debounceTime(200).subscribe((event) => {
-            this.flushValue();
-        });
+        if (this.input) {
+            let onBlurInputEvent = Observable.fromEvent(this.input.nativeElement, 'blur');
+            onBlurInputEvent.debounceTime(200).subscribe((event) => {
+                this.flushValue();
+            });
+        }
     }
 
     onKeyUp(event: KeyboardEvent) {