diff --git a/pkg/app/component.go b/pkg/app/component.go
index 3021d0938..7db4ac662 100644
--- a/pkg/app/component.go
+++ b/pkg/app/component.go
@@ -408,12 +408,12 @@ func (c *Compo) replaceRoot(v UI) error {
 			Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	var parent UI
+	parent := c.getParent()
 	for {
-		parent = c.getParent()
 		if parent == nil || parent.Kind() == HTML {
 			break
 		}
+		parent = parent.getParent()
 	}
 
 	if parent == nil {