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diff --git a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Reader/ReaderStreamViewController.swift b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Reader/ReaderStreamViewController.swift
index 6b051320c6..a656ae6f9a 100644
--- a/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Reader/ReaderStreamViewController.swift
+++ b/WordPress/Classes/ViewRelated/Reader/ReaderStreamViewController.swift
@@ -384,16 +384,27 @@ import WordPressFlux
 
     // MARK: - Handling Loading and No Results
 
+    private func setStatusViewTitle(_ title: String, message: String) {
+        // Potential fix for a crash where it seems we attempted to update the status view
+        // title or message before the IBOutlets were connected: https://github.com/wordpress-mobile/WordPress-iOS/issues/9745
+        guard isViewLoaded else {
+            return
+        }
+
+        resultsStatusView.titleText = title
+        resultsStatusView.messageText = message
+    }
+
     @objc func displayLoadingStream() {
-        resultsStatusView.titleText = NSLocalizedString("Loading stream...", comment: "A short message to inform the user the requested stream is being loaded.")
-        resultsStatusView.messageText = ""
+        setStatusViewTitle(NSLocalizedString("Loading stream...", comment: "A short message to inform the user the requested stream is being loaded."),
+                                             message: "")
         displayResultsStatus()
     }
 
 
     @objc func displayLoadingStreamFailed() {
-        resultsStatusView.titleText = NSLocalizedString("Problem loading stream", comment: "Error message title informing the user that a stream could not be loaded.")
-        resultsStatusView.messageText = NSLocalizedString("Sorry. The stream could not be loaded.", comment: "A short error message leting the user know the requested stream could not be loaded.")
+        setStatusViewTitle(NSLocalizedString("Problem loading stream", comment: "Error message title informing the user that a stream could not be loaded."),
+                           message: NSLocalizedString("Sorry. The stream could not be loaded.", comment: "A short error message leting the user know the requested stream could not be loaded."))
         displayResultsStatus()
     }