diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 0264dbe4c..000c41513 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ is a number of cores)
 - Fix problem in plugins with zoomIntoView [Plugins #189](https://github.com/penpot/penpot-plugins/issues/189)
 - Fix problem in plugins with renaming components [Taiga #10060](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/10060)
 - Added upload svg with images method [#5489](https://github.com/penpot/penpot/issues/5489)
+- Fix problem with root frame parent reference [Taiga #9437](https://tree.taiga.io/project/penpot/issue/9437)
 
 ## 2.4.3
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/app/plugins/shape.cljs b/frontend/src/app/plugins/shape.cljs
index e23917d13..687d741c5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/plugins/shape.cljs
+++ b/frontend/src/app/plugins/shape.cljs
@@ -515,9 +515,10 @@
             ;; not enumerable so there are no infinite loops
             :enumerable false
             :get (fn [self]
-                   (let [shape (u/proxy->shape self)
-                         parent-id (:parent-id shape)]
-                     (shape-proxy plugin-id (obj/get self "$file") (obj/get self "$page") parent-id)))}
+                   (let [shape (u/proxy->shape self)]
+                     (when-not (cfh/root? shape)
+                       (let [parent-id (:parent-id shape)]
+                         (shape-proxy plugin-id (obj/get self "$file") (obj/get self "$page") parent-id)))))}
 
            :parentX
            {:this true