diff --git a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
index e95810aaba6..2dcb5d36c2c 100644
--- a/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
+++ b/src/cascadia/TerminalApp/TerminalPage.cpp
@@ -1723,7 +1723,10 @@ namespace winrt::TerminalApp::implementation
             // the control here instead.
             if (_startupState == StartupState::Initialized)
             {
-                _GetActiveControl().Focus(FocusState::Programmatic);
+                if (const auto control = _GetActiveControl())
+                {
+                    control.Focus(FocusState::Programmatic);
+                }
             }
         }
         CATCH_LOG();