diff --git a/src/utils/popper.js b/src/utils/popper.js
index b3b90493..f8b64db2 100644
--- a/src/utils/popper.js
+++ b/src/utils/popper.js
@@ -1042,7 +1042,13 @@
      * @returns {Element} offset parent
      */
     function getScrollParent(element) {
-        if (element === root.document) {
+        var parent = element.parentNode;
+
+        if (!parent) {
+            return element;
+        }
+
+        if (parent === root.document) {
             // Firefox puts the scrollTOp value on `documentElement` instead of `body`, we then check which of them is
             // greater than 0 and return the proper element
             if (root.document.body.scrollTop) {
@@ -1054,16 +1060,16 @@
 
         // Firefox want us to check `-x` and `-y` variations as well
         if (
-            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(element, 'overflow')) !== -1 ||
-            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(element, 'overflow-x')) !== -1 ||
-            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(element, 'overflow-y')) !== -1
+            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(parent, 'overflow')) !== -1 ||
+            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(parent, 'overflow-x')) !== -1 ||
+            ['scroll', 'auto'].indexOf(getStyleComputedProperty(parent, 'overflow-y')) !== -1
         ) {
             // If the detected scrollParent is body, we perform an additional check on its parentNode
             // in this way we'll get body if the browser is Chrome-ish, or documentElement otherwise
             // fixes issue #65
-            return element === root.document.body ? getScrollParent(element.parentNode) : element;
+            return parent;
         }
-        return element.parentNode ? getScrollParent(element.parentNode) : element;
+        return getScrollParent(element.parentNode);
     }
 
     /**