diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/drawing.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/drawing.py
index 09a4011c7b..9b568bb365 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/drawing.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/tool/drawing.py
@@ -1647,13 +1647,15 @@ class Drawing(blenderbim.core.tool.Drawing):
 
         for element in filtered_elements:
             obj = tool.Ifc.get_object(element)
-            subcontext = tool.Geometry.get_active_representation(obj).ContextOfItems
-            current_representation_subcontext = tool.Geometry.get_subcontext_parameters(subcontext)
+            current_representation = tool.Geometry.get_active_representation(obj)
+            if current_representation:
+                subcontext = current_representation.ContextOfItems
+                current_representation_subcontext = tool.Geometry.get_subcontext_parameters(subcontext)
 
             for subcontext in subcontexts:
                 # prioritize already active representation if it matches the subcontext
                 # (element could have multiple representations in the same subcontext)
-                if subcontext == current_representation_subcontext:
+                if current_representation and subcontext == current_representation_subcontext:
                     break
                 priority_representation = ifcopenshell.util.representation.get_representation(element, *subcontext)
                 if priority_representation: