diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextMultiAutoComplete.java b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextMultiAutoComplete.java
index 77f945a3bd..556646acf8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextMultiAutoComplete.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/faircode/email/EditTextMultiAutoComplete.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class EditTextMultiAutoComplete extends AppCompatMultiAutoCompleteTextVie
                         @Override
                         public void run() {
                             try {
-                                if (edit == null)
+                                if (edit == null || backspace == null)
                                     return;
                                 ClipImageSpan[] spans = edit.getSpans(backspace, backspace, ClipImageSpan.class);
                                 if (spans.length == 1) {