diff --git a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/view/viewMetrics/trackCumulativeLayoutShift.ts b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/view/viewMetrics/trackCumulativeLayoutShift.ts
index d9dc30364e..7ef121b642 100644
--- a/packages/rum-core/src/domain/view/viewMetrics/trackCumulativeLayoutShift.ts
+++ b/packages/rum-core/src/domain/view/viewMetrics/trackCumulativeLayoutShift.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function trackCumulativeLayoutShift(
           if (
             isExperimentalFeatureEnabled(ExperimentalFeature.WEB_VITALS_ATTRIBUTION) &&
             clsTarget &&
-            clsTarget.parentElement
+            clsTarget.isConnected
           ) {
             const selectorComputationStart = relativeNow()
             cslTargetSelector = getSelectorFromElement(clsTarget, configuration.actionNameAttribute)