diff --git a/app/policies/programming_group_policy.rb b/app/policies/programming_group_policy.rb
index 6ff95565..48414c16 100644
--- a/app/policies/programming_group_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/programming_group_policy.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ class ProgrammingGroupPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
   end
 
   def stream_sync_editor?
+    # A programming group needs to exist for the user to be able to stream the synchronized editor.
+    return false unless @record
+
     admin? || author_in_programming_group?
   end
 end