diff --git a/lib/router/router.js b/lib/router/router.js
index a8f042e6..8ac70844 100644
--- a/lib/router/router.js
+++ b/lib/router/router.js
@@ -34,9 +34,17 @@ export default class Router extends EventEmitter {
   }
 
   async onPopState (e) {
+    // Older versions of safari and chrome tend to fire popstate event at the
+    // page load.
+    // We should not complete that event and the following check will fix it.
+    // Fixes:
+    if (!e.state) {
+      return
+    }
+
     this.abortComponentLoad()
 
-    const { url = getURL(), as = url } = e.state || {}
+    const { url, as } = e.state
     const { pathname, query } = parse(url, true)
 
     if (!this.urlIsNew(pathname, query)) {