diff --git a/php/class-coauthors-plus.php b/php/class-coauthors-plus.php
index f51a5289..73374d8d 100644
--- a/php/class-coauthors-plus.php
+++ b/php/class-coauthors-plus.php
@@ -1118,7 +1118,9 @@ public function delete_user_action( $delete_id ): void {
 		if ( is_object( $delete_user ) ) {
 			// Delete term
 			$term = $this->get_author_term( $delete_user );
-			wp_delete_term( $term->term_id, $this->coauthor_taxonomy );
+			if ( $term ) {
+				wp_delete_term( $term->term_id, $this->coauthor_taxonomy );
+			}
 		}
 
 		if ( $this->is_guest_authors_enabled() ) {