diff --git a/opentech/static_src/src/javascript/apply/edit-comment.js b/opentech/static_src/src/javascript/apply/edit-comment.js
index 938a388b7a9a85b1a88233d38071fc8c990ba3d9..5e197f28aa536490b153264a8d4a766aff3c54bf 100644
--- a/opentech/static_src/src/javascript/apply/edit-comment.js
+++ b/opentech/static_src/src/javascript/apply/edit-comment.js
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         showComment(this);
         showEditButton(this);
         hidePageDownEditor(this);
-        if ((commentError).length) {
+        if ($(commentError).length) {
             hideError();
         }
     });