diff --git a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.genericeditor.extension/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/genericeditor/target/extension/reconciler/folding/FoldingReconcilerStrategy.java b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.genericeditor.extension/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/genericeditor/target/extension/reconciler/folding/FoldingReconcilerStrategy.java
index 0b3a04e14b..ec77c1ed1b 100644
--- a/ui/org.eclipse.pde.genericeditor.extension/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/genericeditor/target/extension/reconciler/folding/FoldingReconcilerStrategy.java
+++ b/ui/org.eclipse.pde.genericeditor.extension/src/org/eclipse/pde/internal/genericeditor/target/extension/reconciler/folding/FoldingReconcilerStrategy.java
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ public void reconcile(IRegion partition) {
 
 	@Override
 	public void initialReconcile() {
+		if (projectionViewer == null || document == null) {
+			return;
+		}
 		ProjectionAnnotationModel projectionAnnotationModel = projectionViewer.getProjectionAnnotationModel();
 		if (document.get().equals(oldDocument) || projectionAnnotationModel == null)
 			return;