diff --git a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationTemplateViewWrapper.java b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationTemplateViewWrapper.java
index 59b62e50c1e1f..57d162beb224f 100644
--- a/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationTemplateViewWrapper.java
+++ b/packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/statusbar/NotificationTemplateViewWrapper.java
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ public class NotificationTemplateViewWrapper extends NotificationViewWrapper {
 
         // If the icon already has a color filter, we assume that we already forced the icon to be
         // white when we created the notification.
-        mIconForceGraysaleWhenDark = mIcon != null && mIcon.getDrawable().getColorFilter() != null;
+        final Drawable iconDrawable = mIcon != null ? mIcon.getDrawable() : null;
+        mIconForceGraysaleWhenDark = iconDrawable != null && iconDrawable.getColorFilter() != null;
     }
 
     private ImageView resolveIcon(ImageView largeIcon, ImageView rightIcon) {