diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/LiveSearch.js b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/LiveSearch.js
index c6d9dfa643e31cfd863e8536db0202c3693c8c49..4bea1e5c6a734a773e885fc14703bf34269907dd 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/LiveSearch.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/LiveSearch.js
@@ -87,10 +87,12 @@ define(['jquery', 'jquery/autocomplete', 'TYPO3/CMS/Backend/jquery.clearable'],
 			evt.preventDefault();
 			TYPO3.ModuleMenu.App.showModule('web_list', 'id=0&search_levels=4&search_field=' + encodeURIComponent($(searchFieldSelector).val()));
 		});
-		$(containerSelector + ' .' + $(searchFieldSelector).autocomplete().options.containerClass).on('click.autocomplete', '.dropdown-list-link', function(evt) {
-			evt.preventDefault();
-			jump($(this).data('target'), 'web_list', 'web', $(this).data('pageid'));
-		});
+		if ($(searchFieldSelector).length) {
+			$(containerSelector + ' .' + $(searchFieldSelector).autocomplete().options.containerClass).on('click.autocomplete', '.dropdown-list-link', function(evt) {
+				evt.preventDefault();
+				jump($(this).data('target'), 'web_list', 'web', $(this).data('pageid'));
+			});
+		}
 
 		$(searchFieldSelector).clearable({
 			onClear: function() {
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/modulemenu.js b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/modulemenu.js
index c01a76c2ca2293ddf95cd80e300ac4a92808caa3..b167087f1930fa212891841645bb1fa906f9f731 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/modulemenu.js
+++ b/typo3/sysext/backend/Resources/Public/JavaScript/modulemenu.js
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ TYPO3.ModuleMenu.App = {
 			me.showModule(top.startInModule[0], top.startInModule[1]);
 		} else {
 			// fetch first module
-			me.showModule(TYPO3.jQuery('.t3js-mainmodule:first').attr('id'));
+			if (TYPO3.jQuery('.t3js-mainmodule:first').length) {
+				me.showModule(TYPO3.jQuery('.t3js-mainmodule:first').attr('id'));
+			}
 		}
 
 		// check if there are collapsed items in the users' configuration