diff --git a/assets/js/search/editor/plugins/exclude-from-search.js b/assets/js/search/editor/plugins/exclude-from-search.js
index c1c65280b5..eaf7bf4037 100644
--- a/assets/js/search/editor/plugins/exclude-from-search.js
+++ b/assets/js/search/editor/plugins/exclude-from-search.js
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 export default () => {
 	const { editPost } = useDispatch('core/editor');
 
-	const { ep_exclude_from_search = false, ...meta } = useSelect((select) =>
-		select('core/editor').getEditedPostAttribute('meta'),
+	const { ep_exclude_from_search = false, ...meta } = useSelect(
+		(select) => select('core/editor').getEditedPostAttribute('meta') || {},
 	);
 
 	const onChange = (ep_exclude_from_search) => {
diff --git a/includes/classes/Feature/Search/Search.php b/includes/classes/Feature/Search/Search.php
index fd5db13975..a5fb672760 100644
--- a/includes/classes/Feature/Search/Search.php
+++ b/includes/classes/Feature/Search/Search.php
@@ -689,6 +689,12 @@ public function register_meta() {
 	 * Enqueue block editor assets.
 	 */
 	public function enqueue_block_editor_assets() {
+		global $post;
+
+		if ( ! $post instanceof \WP_Post ) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		wp_enqueue_script(
 			'ep-search-editor',
 			EP_URL . '/dist/js/search-editor-script.js',