diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
index 50a9f670292..28059cce549 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/htmldoc.c
@@ -565,6 +565,11 @@ static HRESULT WINAPI HTMLDocument_get_location(IHTMLDocument2 *iface, IHTMLLoca
 
     TRACE("(%p)->(%p)\n", This, p);
 
+    if(!This->doc_node->nsdoc) {
+        WARN("NULL nsdoc\n");
+        return E_UNEXPECTED;
+    }
+
     return IHTMLWindow2_get_location(HTMLWINDOW2(This->window), p);
 }
 
diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
index ea010c9043d..8cf678a2c65 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/tests/dom.c
@@ -6974,6 +6974,7 @@ static void test_docfrag(IHTMLDocument2 *doc)
 {
     IHTMLElement *div, *body, *br;
     IHTMLElementCollection *col;
+    IHTMLLocation *location;
     IHTMLDocument2 *frag;
     HRESULT hres;
 
@@ -6995,6 +6996,11 @@ static void test_docfrag(IHTMLDocument2 *doc)
     ok(hres == S_OK, "get_body failed: %08x\n", hres);
     ok(!body, "body != NULL\n");
 
+    location = (void*)0xdeadbeef;
+    hres = IHTMLDocument2_get_location(frag, &location);
+    ok(hres == E_UNEXPECTED, "get_location failed: %08x\n", hres);
+    ok(location == (void*)0xdeadbeef, "location changed\n");
+
     br = test_create_elem(doc, "BR");
     test_node_append_child((IUnknown*)frag, (IUnknown*)br);
     IHTMLElement_Release(br);