diff --git a/static/js/csrf.js b/static/js/csrf.js
index fb83de565a..5cd60973f8 100644
--- a/static/js/csrf.js
+++ b/static/js/csrf.js
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 var csrf_token;
 $(function () {
     // This requires that we used Jinja2's {% csrf_input %} somewhere on the page.
-    csrf_token = $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]').attr('value');
+    var csrf_input = $('input[name="csrfmiddlewaretoken"]');
+    if (csrf_input.length > 0) {
+        csrf_token = csrf_input.attr('value');
+    } else {
+        csrf_token = undefined;
+    }
     window.csrf_token = csrf_token;
 
+    if (csrf_token === undefined) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     $.ajaxSetup({
         beforeSend: function (xhr, settings) {
             if (!(/^http:.*/.test(settings.url) || /^https:.*/.test(settings.url))) {