Async custom validation causes an error to the console: "Cannot read property 'required' of null at Object.eval [as updateDirectives]"

Currently, I'm working on an assignment of reactive-forms by Maximilian Schwarzmüller Angular 4 tutorial. In the assignment, I had to create a reactive form, and I did. Then I had to create a custom async validator, that checks the value of the control. It shouldn't be equal to 'Test'. This is my typescript code:

import {Component, OnInit} from '@angular/core';
import {FormControl, FormGroup, Validators} from '@angular/forms';

import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';

@Component({
  selector: 'app-root',
  templateUrl: './app.component.html',
  styleUrls: ['./app.component.css']
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  statuses = ['Stable', 'Critical', 'Finished'];
  signupForm: FormGroup;

  ngOnInit() {
    this.signupForm = new FormGroup({
      'projectName': new FormControl(null, [Validators.required], this.forbiddenName),
      'email': new FormControl(null, [Validators.required, Validators.email]),
      'projectStatus': new FormControl('Stable')
    });
  }

  onSubmit() {
    console.log(this.signupForm.value);
    console.log(this.signupForm);
  }

  forbiddenName(control: FormControl): Promise<any> | Observable<any> {
    const promise = new Promise<any>((resolve, reject) => {
      setTimeout(() => {
        if (control.value === 'Test') {
          resolve({'projectNameIsForbidden': true});
        } else {
          resolve(null);
        }
      }, 2000);
    });
    return promise;
  }

}

And here is my html:

<div class="container">
  <div class="row">
    <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-10 col-md-8 col-sm-offset-1 col-md-offset-2">
      <form [formGroup]="signupForm" (ngSubmit)="onSubmit()">
        <div class="form-group">
          <label for="project-name">Project name</label>
          <input type="text" id="project-name" class="form-control" formControlName="projectName">
          <div class="help-block" *ngIf="!signupForm.get('projectName').valid && signupForm.get('projectName').touched">
            <span *ngIf="signupForm.get('projectName').errors['required']">Can't be empty!<br></span>

            <span *ngIf="signupForm.get('projectName').errors['projectNameIsForbidden']">This name is forbidden!</span>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
          <label for="email">Email</label>
          <input type="email" id="email" class="form-control" formControlName="email">
          <div class="help-block" *ngIf="!signupForm.get('email').valid && signupForm.get('email').touched">
            <span *ngIf="signupForm.get('email').errors['required']">Can't be blank!<br></span>
            <span *ngIf="signupForm.get('email').errors['email']">Has invalid format!</span>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="form-group">
          <label for="project-status">Project Status</label>
          <select id="project-status" class="form-control" formControlName="projectStatus">
            <option *ngFor="let status of statuses">{{ status }}</option>
          </select>
        </div>
        <button class="btn btn-success" type="submit">Submit</button>
      </form>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

It seems to work fine, it gives me the appropriate error messages in my view, but in the console, I receive an error on every keydown in the projectName control. This is the error:

So, why the error appears? Thanks ahead.