diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/fix-trucation-bug_2018-04-03-10-41.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/fix-trucation-bug_2018-04-03-10-41.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8d1291581580c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/fix-trucation-bug_2018-04-03-10-41.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "Fixes bug with undefined reference",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "mark@thedutchies.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DocumentCard/DocumentCardTitle.tsx b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DocumentCard/DocumentCardTitle.tsx
index 05891cd4f58a5e..1db79e315b5b3a 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DocumentCard/DocumentCardTitle.tsx
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DocumentCard/DocumentCardTitle.tsx
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ export class DocumentCardTitle extends BaseComponent<IDocumentCardTitleProps, ID
     let documentCardTitle;
     if (shouldTruncate && this._isTruncated) {
       documentCardTitle = (
-        <div className={ css('ms-DocumentCardTitle', showAsSecondaryTitle ? styles.secondaryTitle : styles.title) } ref={ this._resolveRef('_titleElement') } title={ title }>
+        <div className={ css('ms-DocumentCardTitle', showAsSecondaryTitle ? styles.secondaryTitle : styles.title) } ref={ this._titleElement } title={ title }>
           { truncatedTitleFirstPiece }&hellip;{ truncatedTitleSecondPiece }
         </div>
       );
     } else {
       documentCardTitle = (
-        <div className={ css('ms-DocumentCardTitle', showAsSecondaryTitle ? styles.secondaryTitle : styles.title) } ref={ this._resolveRef('_titleElement') } title={ title }>
+        <div className={ css('ms-DocumentCardTitle', showAsSecondaryTitle ? styles.secondaryTitle : styles.title) } ref={ this._titleElement } title={ title }>
           { title }
         </div>
       );