diff --git a/components/lib/orderlist/OrderList.vue b/components/lib/orderlist/OrderList.vue
index dd412cbaf..a3681b703 100755
--- a/components/lib/orderlist/OrderList.vue
+++ b/components/lib/orderlist/OrderList.vue
@@ -141,14 +141,16 @@ export default {
         onListFocus(event) {
             const selectedFirstItem = DomHandler.findSingle(this.list, '[data-p-highlight="true"]');
 
-            const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.list.children);
+            if (selectedFirstItem) {
+                const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.list.children);
 
-            this.focused = true;
+                this.focused = true;
 
-            const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
+                const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
 
-            this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index);
-            this.$emit('focus', event);
+                this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index);
+                this.$emit('focus', event);
+            }
         },
         onListBlur(event) {
             this.focused = false;
diff --git a/components/lib/picklist/PickList.vue b/components/lib/picklist/PickList.vue
index 1d9143e8c..d44834f48 100755
--- a/components/lib/picklist/PickList.vue
+++ b/components/lib/picklist/PickList.vue
@@ -265,14 +265,17 @@ export default {
         },
         onListFocus(event, listType) {
             const selectedFirstItem = DomHandler.findSingle(this.$refs[listType].$el, '[data-p-highlight="true"]');
-            const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.$refs[listType].$el.children);
 
-            this.focused[listType] = true;
+            if (selectedFirstItem) {
+                const findIndex = ObjectUtils.findIndexInList(selectedFirstItem, this.$refs[listType].$el.children);
 
-            const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
+                this.focused[listType] = true;
 
-            this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index, listType);
-            this.$emit('focus', event);
+                const index = this.focusedOptionIndex !== -1 ? this.focusedOptionIndex : selectedFirstItem ? findIndex : -1;
+
+                this.changeFocusedOptionIndex(index, listType);
+                this.$emit('focus', event);
+            }
         },
         onListBlur(event, listType) {
             this.focused[listType] = false;