diff --git a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
index 2185715c813dbdcb288bddde0fe70d63046cf731..116260c9d35dbe0539f303745b9c3b19e202e92c 100644
--- a/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
+++ b/internal/tui/components/chat/editor/editor.go
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ func (m *editorCmp) Init() tea.Cmd {
 }
 
 func (m *editorCmp) send() tea.Cmd {
+	if m.app.CoderAgent == nil {
+		return util.ReportError(fmt.Errorf("coder agent is not initialized"))
+	}
 	if m.app.CoderAgent.IsSessionBusy(m.session.ID) {
 		return util.ReportWarn("Agent is working, please wait...")
 	}