diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPage.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPage.java
index 9a97648885a..9321db0194c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPage.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/newui/AbstractPage.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Intel Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2009 Intel Corporation, QNX Software Systems, and others.
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
  * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *     Intel Corporation - initial API and implementation
  *     Markus Schorn (Wind River Systems)
  *     Andrew Gvozdev
+ *     QNX Software Systems - [271628] NPE in configs for project that failed to convert
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.ui.newui;
 
@@ -718,7 +719,8 @@ implements
 
 		// Do not re-read if list already created by another page
 		if (cfgDescs == null) {
-			cfgDescs = CDTPropertyManager.getProjectDescription(this, prj).getConfigurations();
+			ICProjectDescription pDesc = CDTPropertyManager.getProjectDescription(this, prj);
+			cfgDescs = (pDesc == null)? null : pDesc.getConfigurations();
 			if (cfgDescs == null || cfgDescs.length == 0) return;
 			Arrays.sort(cfgDescs, CDTListComparator.getInstance());