diff --git a/meshuser.js b/meshuser.js
index 32ef1d0e..f5946ec8 100644
--- a/meshuser.js
+++ b/meshuser.js
@@ -818,8 +818,8 @@ module.exports.CreateMeshUser = function (parent, db, ws, req, args, domain, use
                             // Patch node links with names, like meshes links with names
                             for (var a in docs[i].links) {
                                 if (!docs[i].links[a].name) {
-                                    if (parent.users[a].realname) { docs[i].links[a].name = parent.users[a].realname; }
-                                    else if (parent.users[a].name) { docs[i].links[a].name = parent.users[a].name; }
+                                    if (parent.users[a] && parent.users[a].realname) { docs[i].links[a].name = parent.users[a].realname; }
+                                    else if (parent.users[a] && parent.users[a].name) { docs[i].links[a].name = parent.users[a].name; }
                                 }
                             }