diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/TopLevelSettings.java b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/TopLevelSettings.java
index dbd9ba90031..e8206b84715 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/TopLevelSettings.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/TopLevelSettings.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import com.android.settings.overlay.FeatureFactory;
 import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
 import com.android.settings.support.SupportPreferenceController;
 import com.android.settings.widget.HomepagePreference;
+import com.android.settings.widget.HomepagePreferenceLayoutHelper;
 import com.android.settings.widget.HomepagePreferenceLayoutHelper.HomepagePreferenceLayout;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.instrumentation.Instrumentable;
 import com.android.settingslib.drawer.Tile;
@@ -290,10 +291,11 @@ public class TopLevelSettings extends DashboardFragment implements SplitLayoutLi
             @Override
             public void doForEach(Preference preference) {
                 if (preference instanceof HomepagePreferenceLayout) {
-                    ((HomepagePreferenceLayout) preference).getHelper()
-                            .setIconPaddingStart(mIconPaddingStart);
-                    ((HomepagePreferenceLayout) preference).getHelper()
-                            .setTextPaddingStart(mTextPaddingStart);
+                    HomepagePreferenceLayoutHelper helper = ((HomepagePreferenceLayout) preference).getHelper();
+                    if (helper != null) {
+                        helper.setIconPaddingStart(mIconPaddingStart);
+                        helper.setTextPaddingStart(mTextPaddingStart);
+                    }
                 }
             }
         });