diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
index f1c957431fd..90230985bda 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-09-08 Alain Magloire
+
+	Fix For PR 73459
+	* src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
+
 2004-09-08 Alain Magloire
 
 	Fix for PR 73454.
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
index 8c5dd27ef5e..d137575e556 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/editor/CDocumentProvider.java
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ public class CDocumentProvider extends TextFileDocumentProvider {
 		IResource resource= info.fCopy.getResource();
 		
 		//Assert.isTrue(resource instanceof IFile);
-		if (!resource.exists()) {
+		if (resource != null && !resource.exists()) {
 			// underlying resource has been deleted, just recreate file, ignore the rest
 			createFileFromDocument(monitor, (IFile) resource, document);
 			return;