diff --git a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs
index 706b20fe..a5baf6f2 100644
--- a/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
+++ b/PROMS/VEPROMS User Interface/frmVEPROMS.cs	
@@ -1307,14 +1307,17 @@ namespace VEPROMS
 				if (myDTI.MyDSOTabPanel != null)
 				{
 					DSOTabPanel myDTP = myDTI.MyDSOTabPanel;
-
-					if (myDTP.MyDisplayTabItem.MyItemInfo.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociations == null)
+					// B2023-026 needed to check for a null itemInfo
+					if (myDTP.MyDisplayTabItem.MyItemInfo != null)
 					{
-						SelectedROFst = null; // B2020-071 ROs are not associated with this procedure set. Set value to null so that PROMS does not try to generate the RO tree in Step Properties.
-					}
-					else
-					{
-						SelectedROFst = myDTP.MyDisplayTabItem.MyItemInfo.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociations[0].MyROFst;
+						if (myDTP.MyDisplayTabItem.MyItemInfo.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociations == null)
+						{
+							SelectedROFst = null; // B2020-071 ROs are not associated with this procedure set. Set value to null so that PROMS does not try to generate the RO tree in Step Properties.
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							SelectedROFst = myDTP.MyDisplayTabItem.MyItemInfo.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociations[0].MyROFst;
+						}
 					}
 				}
 				else if (tc.MyEditItem != null && displayRO.MyROFST != null && tc.MyEditItem.MyItemInfo.MyDocVersion.DocVersionAssociations[0].ROFstID != displayRO.MyROFST.ROFstID)