diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/ChangeLog
index 88af82d1d51..a64754b89aa 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-07-12 Bogdan Gheorghe
+	Fix for Bug 69166: NPE in IndexerModelListener.processDelta
+	
+	* index/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/indexing/IndexerModelListener.java	
+	
 2004-07-06 Bogdan Gheorghe
 	Added timing for merge operations - controlled by Indexer tracing option
 	Modified removeSourceFolderFromIndex in IndexManager to take an IProject
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/indexing/IndexerModelListener.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/indexing/IndexerModelListener.java
index 3d9ff9534c4..632552d7922 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/indexing/IndexerModelListener.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/index/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/search/indexing/IndexerModelListener.java
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ public class IndexerModelListener implements IElementChangedListener {
 					IResource tempResource = element.getResource();
 					SourceRoot tempRootElement = null;
 					
+					if (tempResource == null)
+						return;
+					
 					switch(tempResource.getType())
 					{
 						case IResource.FILE: