diff --git a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ContactHeaderWidget.java b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ContactHeaderWidget.java
index eac5d2d..58fa0ba 100644
--- a/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ContactHeaderWidget.java
+++ b/core/java/com/android/internal/widget/ContactHeaderWidget.java
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
             c = mContentResolver.query(Uri.withAppendedPath(
                     RawContacts.CONTENT_FILTER_EMAIL_URI, Uri.encode(emailAddress)),
                     EMAIL_LOOKUP_PROJECTION, null, null, null);
-            if (c.moveToFirst()) {
+            if (c != null && c.moveToFirst()) {
                 long contactId = c.getLong(EMAIL_LOOKUP_CONTACT_ID_COLUMN_INDEX);
                 bindFromContactId(contactId);
             } else {
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
         try {
             c = mContentResolver.query(Uri.withAppendedPath(PhoneLookup.CONTENT_FILTER_URI, number),
                     PHONE_LOOKUP_PROJECTION, null, null, null);
-            if (c.moveToFirst()) {
+            if (c != null && c.moveToFirst()) {
                 long contactId = c.getLong(PHONE_LOOKUP_CONTACT_ID_COLUMN_INDEX);
                 bindFromContactId(contactId);
             } else {
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
                     new String[] { Photo.PHOTO },
                     null, null, null);
 
-            if (photoCursor.moveToFirst() && !photoCursor.isNull(0)) {
+            if (photoCursor != null && photoCursor.moveToFirst() && !photoCursor.isNull(0)) {
                 byte[] photoData = photoCursor.getBlob(0);
                 photoBm = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(photoData, 0,
                         photoData.length, options);