diff --git a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/Router.tsx b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/Router.tsx
index 67fe12f146..64d185defc 100644
--- a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/Router.tsx
+++ b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/Router.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { useEntity } from '@backstage/plugin-catalog-react';
 import { NEWRELIC_GUID } from './constants';
 
 export const isNewRelicDashboardAvailable = (entity: Entity) =>
-  Boolean(entity.metadata.annotations?.[NEWRELIC_GUID]);
+  Boolean(entity?.metadata?.annotations?.[NEWRELIC_GUID]);
 
 type Props = {
   /** @deprecated The entity is now grabbed from context instead */
diff --git a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/hooks/index.ts b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/hooks/index.ts
index 3739607b82..517f3b54b6 100644
--- a/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/hooks/index.ts
+++ b/plugins/newrelic-dashboard/src/hooks/index.ts
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import { NEWRELIC_GUID } from '../constants';
 export function useNewRelicDashboardEntity() {
   const { entity } = useEntity();
   const integrationKey: string | undefined =
-    entity.metadata.annotations?.[NEWRELIC_GUID];
-  const name: string | undefined = entity.metadata.name;
+    entity?.metadata?.annotations?.[NEWRELIC_GUID];
+  const name: string | undefined = entity?.metadata?.name;
 
   return { integrationKey, name };
 }