diff --git a/app/screens/select_team/index.js b/app/screens/select_team/index.js
index 3445e1ccd..664dc7bce 100644
--- a/app/screens/select_team/index.js
+++ b/app/screens/select_team/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {bindActionCreators} from 'redux';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 
 import {getTeams, addUserToTeam} from '@mm-redux/actions/teams';
+import {General} from '@mm-redux/constants';
 import {getTheme} from '@mm-redux/selectors/entities/preferences';
 import {getSortedJoinableTeams} from '@mm-redux/selectors/entities/teams';
 import {getCurrentUser} from '@mm-redux/selectors/entities/users';
@@ -19,13 +20,14 @@ import SelectTeam from './select_team.js';
 function mapStateToProps(state) {
     const currentUser = getCurrentUser(state);
     const currentUserIsGuest = isGuest(currentUser);
+    const locale = currentUser?.locale || General.DEFAULT_LOCALE;
 
     return {
         currentUserId: currentUser && currentUser.id,
         currentUserIsGuest,
         isLandscape: isLandscape(state),
         teamsRequest: state.requests.teams.getTeams,
-        teams: getSortedJoinableTeams(state, currentUser.locale),
+        teams: getSortedJoinableTeams(state, locale),
         theme: getTheme(state),
     };
 }