diff --git a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
index bd30c5bfafe06..f5b52fc486eae 100644
--- a/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
+++ b/services/core/java/com/android/server/pm/permission/PermissionManagerService.java
@@ -1505,6 +1505,9 @@ public class PermissionManagerService {
             return EmptyArray.INT;
         }
         for (PackageParser.Package pkg : pkgList) {
+            if (pkg.requestedPermissions == null) {
+                continue;
+            }
             final int requestedPermCount = pkg.requestedPermissions.size();
             for (int j = 0; j < requestedPermCount; j++) {
                 String permission = pkg.requestedPermissions.get(j);