diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.tsx
index dc16892decf6bb7a3fd86ed5d311662cd2b7bb86..b5ac551cb7d91696291300f686fc6d3b68409f47 100644
--- a/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function SliceNameWidget({
 
   const row = pieRows.find(row => row.key === initialKey);
   if (row == null) {
-    throw Error(`Could not find pieRow with key ${initialKey}`);
+    return null;
   }
 
   return (
diff --git a/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.unit.spec.tsx b/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.unit.spec.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6587933885f84e5be7469675ad73f36752395f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/metabase/visualizations/visualizations/PieChart/SliceNameWidget.unit.spec.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { render, screen } from "@testing-library/react";
+
+import { SliceNameWidget } from "./SliceNameWidget";
+
+const MOCK_PIE_ROW = {
+  key: "some-key",
+  name: "some-name",
+  originalName: "some-original-name",
+  color: "#509EE3",
+  defaultColor: true,
+  enabled: true,
+  hidden: false,
+  isOther: false,
+};
+
+describe("SliceNameWidget", () => {
+  it("should render the name of the pieRow with initialKey", () => {
+    render(
+      <SliceNameWidget
+        initialKey={MOCK_PIE_ROW.key}
+        pieRows={[MOCK_PIE_ROW, { ...MOCK_PIE_ROW, key: "some-other-key" }]}
+        updateRowName={() => null}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(screen.getByDisplayValue(MOCK_PIE_ROW.name)).toBeInTheDocument();
+  });
+
+  it("should return null if a pieRow with initialKey cannot be found", () => {
+    const { container } = render(
+      <SliceNameWidget
+        initialKey={"non-present-key"}
+        pieRows={[MOCK_PIE_ROW]}
+        updateRowName={() => null}
+      />,
+    );
+
+    expect(container).toBeEmptyDOMElement();
+  });
+});