diff --git a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/components/JsonSchemaWidgets/AsyncSelectWidget.tsx b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/components/JsonSchemaWidgets/AsyncSelectWidget.tsx
index 7e460b58df8..5034e81ee56 100644
--- a/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/components/JsonSchemaWidgets/AsyncSelectWidget.tsx
+++ b/openmetadata-ui/src/main/resources/ui/src/components/JsonSchemaWidgets/AsyncSelectWidget.tsx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const AsyncSelectWidget = ({ onChange, schema, ...props }: WidgetProps) => {
 
   return (
     <DataAssetAsyncSelectList
-      defaultValue={props.value.fullyQualifiedName ?? ''}
+      defaultValue={props?.value?.fullyQualifiedName ?? ''}
       placeholder={schema.placeholder ?? ''}
       searchIndex={schema?.autoCompleteType ?? SearchIndex.TABLE}
       onChange={handleChange}