diff --git a/components/transfer/src/transfer.js b/components/transfer/src/transfer.js
index a36a9c5f43..deca9a9f9f 100644
--- a/components/transfer/src/transfer.js
+++ b/components/transfer/src/transfer.js
@@ -138,14 +138,21 @@ export const Transfer = ({
      * Extract the selected options. Can't use `options.filter`
      * because we need to keep the order of `selected`
      */
-    const pickedOptions = actualFilterPickedCallback(
-        selected
-            .map((value) => options.find((option) => value === option.value))
-            // filter -> in case a selected value has been provided
-            // that does not exist as option
-            .filter(identity),
-        actualFilterPicked
-    )
+    let pickedOptions = []
+
+    // Only map if selected is an array
+    if (Array.isArray(selected)) {
+        pickedOptions = actualFilterPickedCallback(
+            selected
+                .map((value) =>
+                    options.find((option) => value === option.value)
+                )
+                // filter -> in case a selected value has been provided
+                // that does not exist as option
+                .filter(identity),
+            actualFilterPicked
+        )
+    }
 
     /*
      * Source options highlighting: