diff --git a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/components/fast_select_component.js b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/components/fast_select_component.js
index 68cbd00ce1d..8f1205a2852 100644
--- a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/components/fast_select_component.js
+++ b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/components/fast_select_component.js
@@ -42,16 +42,21 @@ const FastSelectComponent = Component.extend({
   },
 
   valueDidChange: function () {
-    const {items} = this
-    const {value} = this
     let selected = null
-    if (value && items) {
-      selected = items.findBy(this.valuePath, value)
+    if (this.value && this.items) {
+      selected = this.items.findBy(this.valuePath, this.value)
     }
-    set(this, 'selected', selected)
-  }
-    .observes('value')
-    .on('init'),
+    set(this, 'selected', selected || null)
+  }.observes('value'),
+
+  initialize: function () {
+    const value = this.value || this.valueDefault
+    let selected
+    if (value && this.items) {
+      selected = this.items.findBy(this.valuePath, value)
+    }
+    set(this, 'selected', selected || null)
+  }.on('init'),
 
   itemsWillChange: function () {
     const {items} = this
@@ -109,7 +114,7 @@ const FastSelectComponent = Component.extend({
     this.arrayDidChange(this.items, 0, 0, get(this.items, 'length'))
   }.observes('labelPath'),
 
-  arrayDidChange(items, start, removeCount, addCount) {
+  arrayDidChange(items, start, _removeCount, addCount) {
     let value
     const select = get(this, 'element')
     const hasDefault = get(this, 'hasDefaultOption')
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@ const FastSelectComponent = Component.extend({
       const option = doc.createElement('option')
       option.textContent = label
       option.value = value
-      if (this.value === value) {
+      if ((this.value || this.valueDefault) === value) {
         option.selected = true
         set(this, 'selected', item)
       }
diff --git a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/controllers/screenreader_gradebook_controller.js b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/controllers/screenreader_gradebook_controller.js
index abfbc4d49ae..69f9a6bdb88 100644
--- a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/controllers/screenreader_gradebook_controller.js
+++ b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/ember/controllers/screenreader_gradebook_controller.js
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ function studentsUniqByEnrollments(...args) {
       array.pushObject(student)
       return array
     },
-    removedItem(array, enrollment, _, instanceMeta) {
+    removedItem(array, enrollment, __, instanceMeta) {
       const student = array.findBy('id', enrollment.user_id)
       student.sections.removeObject(enrollment.course_section_id)
 
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const ScreenreaderGradebookController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
     }
   })(),
 
-  selectedGradingPeriod: function (key, newValue) {
+  selectedGradingPeriod: function (_key, newValue) {
     let savedGP
     const savedGradingPeriodId = userSettings.contextGet('gradebook_current_grading_period')
     if (savedGradingPeriodId) {
@@ -418,6 +418,7 @@ const ScreenreaderGradebookController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
       () =>
         $.ajaxJSON(`/api/v1/progress/${attachmentProgress.progress_id}`, 'GET').then(response => {
           if (response.workflow_state === 'completed') {
+            // eslint-disable-next-line promise/catch-or-return
             $.ajaxJSON(
               `/api/v1/users/${ENV.current_user_id}/files/${attachmentProgress.attachment_id}`,
               'GET'
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ const ScreenreaderGradebookController = Ember.ObjectController.extend({
       learningMasteryEnabled: ENV.GRADEBOOK_OPTIONS.outcome_gradebook_enabled,
     }
     const component = React.createElement(GradebookSelector, props)
-    return ReactDOM.render(component, mountPoint)
+    ReactDOM.render(component, mountPoint)
   }.on('init'),
 
   willDestroy() {
diff --git a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/jst/settings/grading_period_select.hbs b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/jst/settings/grading_period_select.hbs
index 31a818995bd..409571099f8 100644
--- a/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/jst/settings/grading_period_select.hbs
+++ b/ui/features/screenreader_gradebook/jst/settings/grading_period_select.hbs
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@
       </label>
     </div>
     <div class="span8">
-      {{
-        fast-select
-        id="grading_period_select"
-        class="grading_period_select"
-        items=gradingPeriods
-        selected=selectedGradingPeriod
-        value=selectedGradingPeriod.id
-        valuePath="id"
-        labelPath="title"
-     }}
+      {{#if selectedGradingPeriod.id}}
+        {{
+          fast-select
+          id="grading_period_select"
+          class="grading_period_select"
+          items=gradingPeriods
+          selected=selectedGradingPeriod
+          valueDefault=selectedGradingPeriod.id
+          valuePath="id"
+          labelPath="title"
+      }}
+     {{/if}}
     </div>
   </div>
 {{/if}}