diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
index 3d81744f59..e80a07f8ac 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/form/grid.js
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ export default class Grid {
 		this.toggle_checkboxes(this.display_status !== "Read");
 
 		// sortable
-		if (this.frm && this.is_sortable() && !this.sortable_setup_done) {
+		if (this.is_sortable() && !this.sortable_setup_done) {
 			this.make_sortable($rows);
 			this.sortable_setup_done = true;
 		}
@@ -553,17 +553,18 @@ export default class Grid {
 				let idx = $(event.item).closest(".grid-row").attr("data-idx") - 1;
 				let doc = this.data[idx % this.grid_pagination.page_length];
 				this.renumber_based_on_dom();
-				this.frm.script_manager.trigger(
-					this.df.fieldname + "_move",
-					this.df.options,
-					doc.name
-				);
+				this.frm &&
+					this.frm.script_manager.trigger(
+						this.df.fieldname + "_move",
+						this.df.options,
+						doc.name
+					);
 				this.refresh();
-				this.frm.dirty();
+				this.frm && this.frm.dirty();
 			},
 		});
 
-		$(this.frm.wrapper).trigger("grid-make-sortable", [this.frm]);
+		this.frm && $(this.frm.wrapper).trigger("grid-make-sortable", [this.frm]);
 	}
 
 	get_data(filter_field) {
@@ -825,11 +826,11 @@ export default class Grid {
 			let $item = $(item);
 			let index =
 				(this.grid_pagination.page_index - 1) * this.grid_pagination.page_length + i;
-			let d = locals[this.doctype][$item.attr("data-name")];
+			let d = this.grid_rows_by_docname[$item.attr("data-name")].doc;
 			d.idx = index + 1;
 			$item.attr("data-idx", d.idx);
 
-			this.frm.doc[this.df.fieldname][index] = d;
+			if (this.frm) this.frm.doc[this.df.fieldname][index] = d;
 			this.data[index] = d;
 			this.grid_rows[index] = this.grid_rows_by_docname[d.name];
 		});