diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.txt b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ef22e9a43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/expected/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+PASS
diff --git a/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.html b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2b8a71f958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/LibWeb/Text/input/HTML/select-setValue-after-construction.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<script src="../include.js"></script>
+<script>
+    test(() => {
+        let select = document.createElement("select");
+        let option = document.createElement("option");
+        option.setAttribute("selected", "selected");
+        option.setAttribute("value", "foo");
+        select.appendChild(option);
+        select.value = "foo";
+        println("PASS"); // Didn't crash
+    });
+</script>
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
index eb8d7e55d7..0345356150 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/HTML/HTMLSelectElement.cpp
@@ -383,6 +383,9 @@ void HTMLSelectElement::create_shadow_tree_if_needed()
 
 void HTMLSelectElement::update_inner_text_element()
 {
+    if (!m_inner_text_element)
+        return;
+
     // Update inner text element to text content of selected option
     for (auto const& option_element : list_of_options()) {
         if (option_element->selected()) {