diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0f0d147..59bf85a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this p
   - Also remaps `Show SCM` to `Ctrl+Shift+G G` since by default it is `Ctrl+Shift+G` if the `chorded` keymap is used
 
 ### Fixed
+- Fixes [#252](https://github.com/eamodio/vscode-gitlens/issues/252) - Cannot read property 'push' of undefined
 - Fixes issue where GitLens wouldn't detect the creation of a Git repository if there were no other repositories open
 - Fixes issue where some GitLens commands would show in the palette even though there was no repository
 
diff --git a/src/views/statusNode.ts b/src/views/statusNode.ts
index b4ebb07..e95cc6e 100644
--- a/src/views/statusNode.ts
+++ b/src/views/statusNode.ts
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ export class StatusNode extends ExplorerNode {
     async getChildren(): Promise<ExplorerNode[]> {
         this.resetChildren();
 
-        this.children = [];
-
         const status = await this.repo.getStatus();
-        if (status === undefined) return this.children;
+        if (status === undefined) return [];
+
+        this.children = [];
 
         if (status.state.behind) {
             this.children.push(new StatusUpstreamNode(status, 'behind', this.explorer));