diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/duplicates/section-duplicates.component.html b/src/app/submission/sections/duplicates/section-duplicates.component.html
index 6354695ca8..a6c3abd981 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/duplicates/section-duplicates.component.html
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/duplicates/section-duplicates.component.html
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ Template for the detect duplicates submission section component
 @author Kim Shepherd
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 <div class="text-sm-left" *ngVar="(this.getDuplicateData() | async) as data">
-  <ng-container *ngIf="data.potentialDuplicates.length == 0">
+  <ng-container *ngIf="data?.potentialDuplicates.length == 0">
     <p>{{ 'submission.sections.duplicates.none' | translate }}</p>
   </ng-container>
-    <ng-container *ngIf="data.potentialDuplicates.length > 0">
+    <ng-container *ngIf="data?.potentialDuplicates.length > 0">
       <div class="alert alert-warning w-100">{{ 'submission.sections.duplicates.detected' | translate }}</div>
-      <div *ngFor="let dupe of data.potentialDuplicates" class="ds-duplicate">
+      <div *ngFor="let dupe of data?.potentialDuplicates" class="ds-duplicate">
         <a target="_blank" [href]="getItemLink(dupe.uuid)">{{dupe.title}}</a>
         <div *ngFor="let metadatum of Metadata.toViewModelList(dupe.metadata)">
           {{('item.preview.' + metadatum.key) | translate}} {{metadatum.value}}