diff --git a/packages/core/useFetch/index.ts b/packages/core/useFetch/index.ts
index f6a2533eb83..c8160701ddd 100644
--- a/packages/core/useFetch/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/useFetch/index.ts
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ export interface CreateFetchOptions {
  * to include the new options
  */
 function isFetchOptions(obj: object): obj is UseFetchOptions {
-  return containsProp(obj, 'immediate', 'refetch', 'initialData', 'timeout', 'beforeFetch', 'afterFetch', 'onFetchError', 'fetch')
+  return obj && containsProp(obj, 'immediate', 'refetch', 'initialData', 'timeout', 'beforeFetch', 'afterFetch', 'onFetchError', 'fetch')
 }
 
 // A URL is considered absolute if it begins with "<scheme>://" or "//" (protocol-relative URL).