diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/views/Highlighter/index.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/views/Highlighter/index.js
index bfd9c7c230337..1278619c5b07d 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/views/Highlighter/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/backend/views/Highlighter/index.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export default function setupHighlighter(
     }
 
     let nodes: ?Array<HTMLElement> = null;
-    if (renderer !== null) {
+    if (renderer != null) {
       nodes = ((renderer.findNativeNodesForFiberID(
         id,
       ): any): ?Array<HTMLElement>);