diff --git a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
index 6238b2c1f2..23521824ff 100644
--- a/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
+++ b/phpBB/assets/javascript/core.js
@@ -1232,7 +1232,19 @@ phpbb.applyCodeEditor = function(textarea) {
 	});
 };
 
-phpbb.applyDragNDrop = function(textarea) {
+/**
+ * Show drag and drop animation when textarea is present
+ *
+ * This function will enable the drag and drop animation for a specified
+ * textarea.
+ *
+ * @param {object} textarea Textarea DOM object to apply editor to
+ */
+phpbb.showDragNDrop = function(textarea) {
+	if (textarea === 'undefined') {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	$('body').on('dragenter dragover', function () {
 		$(textarea).addClass('drag-n-drop');
 	}).on('dragleave dragout dragend drop', function() {
diff --git a/phpBB/assets/javascript/editor.js b/phpBB/assets/javascript/editor.js
index 45060c113b..c58e4d19dd 100644
--- a/phpBB/assets/javascript/editor.js
+++ b/phpBB/assets/javascript/editor.js
@@ -355,7 +355,9 @@ function getCaretPosition(txtarea) {
 		textarea = doc.forms[form_name].elements[text_name];
 
 		phpbb.applyCodeEditor(textarea);
-		phpbb.applyDragNDrop(textarea);
+		if ($('#attach-panel').length) {
+			phpbb.showDragNDrop(textarea);
+		}
 	});
 })(jQuery);