diff --git a/middleware/confidenceScore.js b/middleware/confidenceScore.js
index b100b973..0eae0f8d 100644
--- a/middleware/confidenceScore.js
+++ b/middleware/confidenceScore.js
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ function checkForDealBreakers(req, hit) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (check.assigned(req.clean.parsed_text.postalcode) && req.clean.parsed_text.postalcode !== hit.address.zip) {
+  if (check.assigned(req.clean.parsed_text.postalcode) && check.assigned(hit.address) &&
+      req.clean.parsed_text.postalcode !== hit.address.zip) {
     logger.debug('[confidence][deal-breaker]: postalcode !== zip (' + req.clean.parsed_text.postalcode + ' !== ' + hit.address.zip + ')');
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
index c32a37d4..69821293 100644
--- a/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
+++ b/test/unit/middleware/confidenceScore.js
@@ -41,6 +41,39 @@ module.exports.tests.confidenceScore = function(test, common) {
 
   });
 
+  test('hit without address should not error', function(t) {
+    var req = {
+      clean: {
+        text: 'test name3',
+        parsed_text: {
+          postalcode: 12345
+        }
+      }
+    };
+    var res = {
+      data: [{
+        name: {
+          default: 'foo'
+        }
+      }],
+      meta: {
+        scores: [10]
+      }
+    };
+
+    try {
+      confidenceScore(req, res, function() {});
+      t.pass('no exception');
+    }
+    catch (e) {
+      t.fail('an exception should not have been thrown with no address');
+      console.log(e.stack);
+    }
+    finally {
+      t.end();
+    }
+  });
+
 
   test('res.results without parsed_text should not throw exception', function(t) {
     var req = {