diff --git a/core/java/android/transition/Transition.java b/core/java/android/transition/Transition.java
index c94204295716e..ebc2aac5242e5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/transition/Transition.java
+++ b/core/java/android/transition/Transition.java
@@ -792,6 +792,9 @@ public abstract class Transition implements Cloneable {
      * views are ignored and only the ids are used).
      */
     boolean isValidTarget(View target) {
+        if (target == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
         int targetId = target.getId();
         if (mTargetIdExcludes != null && mTargetIdExcludes.contains(targetId)) {
             return false;