diff --git a/lib/helper/WebDriver.js b/lib/helper/WebDriver.js
index 11de3779c..6e195ca72 100644
--- a/lib/helper/WebDriver.js
+++ b/lib/helper/WebDriver.js
@@ -2156,7 +2156,12 @@ async function proceedSeeField(assertType, field, value) {
     }
   };
 
-  const proceedSingle = el => this.browser.getElementAttribute(getElementId(el), 'value').then(res => stringIncludes(`fields by ${field}`)[assertType](value, res));
+  const proceedSingle = el => this.browser.getElementAttribute(getElementId(el), 'value').then((res) => {
+    if (res === null) {
+      throw new Error(`Element ${el.selector} has no value attribute`);
+    }
+    stringIncludes(`fields by ${field}`)[assertType](value, res);
+  });
 
   const filterBySelected = async elements => filterAsync(elements, async el => this.browser.isElementSelected(getElementId(el)));
 
diff --git a/test/helper/WebDriver_test.js b/test/helper/WebDriver_test.js
index 656cf29df..3de9de8cd 100644
--- a/test/helper/WebDriver_test.js
+++ b/test/helper/WebDriver_test.js
@@ -144,6 +144,12 @@ describe('WebDriver', function () {
       yield wd.dontSeeInField('select2', 'not seen three');
       return wd.seeInField('select2', 'see test three');
     });
+
+    it('should return error when element has no value attribute', () => wd.amOnPage('https://codecept.io/quickstart')
+      .then(() => wd.seeInField('#search_input_react', 'WebDriver1')
+        .catch((e) => {
+          e.should.be.instanceOf(Error);
+        })));
   });
 
   describe('#pressKey', () => {