diff --git a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
index 9dca447cad..a91f907b27 100644
--- a/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
+++ b/src/chart/sankey/SankeySeries.ts
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ class SankeySeriesModel extends SeriesModel<SankeySeriesOption> {
      * Init a graph data structure from data in option series
      */
     getInitialData(option: SankeySeriesOption, ecModel: GlobalModel) {
-        const links = option.edges || option.links;
-        const nodes = option.data || option.nodes;
-        const levels = option.levels;
+        const links = option.edges || option.links || [];
+        const nodes = option.data || option.nodes || [];
+        const levels = option.levels || [];
         this.levelModels = [];
         const levelModels = this.levelModels;
 
@@ -172,10 +172,10 @@ class SankeySeriesModel extends SeriesModel<SankeySeriesOption> {
                 }
             }
         }
-        if (nodes && links) {
-            const graph = createGraphFromNodeEdge(nodes, links, this, true, beforeLink);
-            return graph.data;
-        }
+
+        const graph = createGraphFromNodeEdge(nodes, links, this, true, beforeLink);
+        return graph.data;
+
         function beforeLink(nodeData: SeriesData, edgeData: SeriesData) {
             nodeData.wrapMethod('getItemModel', function (model: Model, idx: number) {
                 const seriesModel = model.parentModel as SankeySeriesModel;
diff --git a/test/sankey.html b/test/sankey.html
index f9e16bd30e..7b6205d108 100644
--- a/test/sankey.html
+++ b/test/sankey.html
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <div id="main0"></div>
         <div id="main1"></div>
         <div id="main2"></div>
+        <div id="main3"></div>
 
 
 
@@ -79,9 +80,8 @@
                 });
 
                 if (chart) {
-                    window.onresize = function () {
-                        chart.resize();
-                    };
+                    window.addEventListener('resize', chart.resize);
+
                     chart.on('click', function (params) {
                         console.log(params, params.data);
                     });
@@ -131,9 +131,8 @@
 
 
                 if (chart) {
-                    window.onresize = function () {
-                        chart.resize();
-                    };
+                    window.addEventListener('resize', chart.resize);
+
                     chart.on('click', function (params) {
                         console.log(params, params.data);
                     });
@@ -168,11 +167,10 @@
                     title: 'emphasis trajectory',
                     option: option
                 });
-            
+
                 if (chart) {
-                    window.onresize = function () {
-                        chart.resize();
-                    };
+                    window.addEventListener('resize', chart.resize);
+
                     chart.on('click', function (params) {
                        console.log(params, params.data);
                     });
@@ -180,5 +178,47 @@
             });
         </script>
 
+        <script>
+            require([
+                'echarts',
+            ], function (echarts) {
+                var title = 'The sankey chart should be rendered without any error in console when `**nodes**` or `**links**` is set as `**undefined**`';
+                var option = {
+                    title: {
+                        text: title,
+                        top: 'center',
+                        left: 'center',
+                        textStyle: {
+                            overflow: 'break'
+                        }
+                    },
+                    series: [{
+                        type: 'sankey',
+                        layout: 'none',
+                        data: undefined,
+                        links: undefined,
+                        levels: undefined
+                    }]
+                }
+
+                var chart = testHelper.create(echarts, 'main3', {
+                    title,
+                    option
+                });
+                var resizeChart = function () {
+                    chart.resize();
+                    chart.setOption({
+                        title: {
+                            textStyle: {
+                                width: chart.getWidth() * 0.8
+                            }
+                        }
+                    });
+                };
+                resizeChart();
+                window.addEventListener('resize', resizeChart);
+            });
+        </script>
+
     </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>