diff --git a/js/src/carousel.js b/js/src/carousel.js
index 352b238490..8de7fd5ee4 100644
--- a/js/src/carousel.js
+++ b/js/src/carousel.js
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ EventHandler
 EventHandler.on(window, Event.LOAD_DATA_API, () => {
   const carousels = Util.makeArray(SelectorEngine.find(Selector.DATA_RIDE))
   for (let i = 0, len = carousels.length; i < len; i++) {
-    Carousel._carouselInterface.call(carousels[i], Data.getData(carousels[i], DATA_KEY))
+    Carousel._carouselInterface(carousels[i], Data.getData(carousels[i], DATA_KEY))
   }
 })
 
diff --git a/js/src/dom/data.js b/js/src/dom/data.js
index 838e13a1dd..2c11151257 100644
--- a/js/src/dom/data.js
+++ b/js/src/dom/data.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const Data = (() => {
         storeData[element.key.id] = data
       },
       get(element, key) {
-        if (typeof element === 'undefined' || typeof element.key === 'undefined') {
+        if (!element || typeof element.key === 'undefined') {
           return null
         }