TypeError on element that renders null

I have a list with some elements that render null - depending on state. When I wrap them into a SortableElement it crashes with:
`
Uncaught TypeError: Cannot set property 'sortableInfo' of null
at WithSortableElement.register (react-sortable-hoc.esm.js:1541)
at WithSortableElement.componentDidMount (react-sortable-hoc.esm.js:1508)
at commitLifeCycles (react-dom.development.js:22101)
at commitLayoutEffects (react-dom.development.js:25344)
at HTMLUnknownElement.callCallback (react-dom.development.js:336)
at Object.invokeGuardedCallbackDev (react-dom.development.js:385)
at invokeGuardedCallback (react-dom.development.js:440)
at commitRootImpl (react-dom.development.js:25082)
at unstable_runWithPriority (scheduler.development.js:697)
at runWithPriority$2 (react-dom.development.js:12149)
`
Version: 1.11.0
As far as I can see it tries to find a DOM node - but there is none of course.
Is there anything I can do to avoid this problem?
I would like to keep the design at this point - elements becoming invisible depending on some state.

Start with the register and componentDidMount paths in the react-sortable-hoc.esm.js stack trace, and reproduce the failure using a SortableElement whose rendered result is null. The work is done when this state no longer throws while sortable elements that render normally continue to behave as expected.

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