diff --git a/packages/ember-routing-views/lib/components/link-to.js b/packages/ember-routing-views/lib/components/link-to.js
index 98333e7d7d8..5ee4955a4ad 100644
--- a/packages/ember-routing-views/lib/components/link-to.js
+++ b/packages/ember-routing-views/lib/components/link-to.js
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ let LinkComponent = EmberComponent.extend({
   }),
 
   _modelsAreLoaded: computed('models', function computeLinkToComponentModelsAreLoaded() {
-    let models = get(this, 'models');
+    let models = get(this, 'models') || [];
     for (let i = 0, l = models.length; i < l; i++) {
       if (models[i] == null) { return false; }
     }