diff --git a/widget/src/checkbox.rs b/widget/src/checkbox.rs
index daaa9e69..6edab836 100644
--- a/widget/src/checkbox.rs
+++ b/widget/src/checkbox.rs
@@ -439,6 +439,10 @@ where
             }
         }
 
+        if self.label.is_none() {
+            return;
+        }
+
         {
             let label_layout = children.next().unwrap();
             let state: &widget::text::State<Renderer::Paragraph> =