From b8dad95d069c1a96bbc2eb8b88b8cc55efb93d54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Uwe Stieber <uwe.stieber@windriver.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:08:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] NPE on shutdown

---
 .../src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java                 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
index b15a69c97ae..666e56481e0 100644
--- a/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
+++ b/rse/plugins/org.eclipse.rse.core/src/org/eclipse/rse/core/RSECorePlugin.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class RSECorePlugin extends Plugin {
 	 * @return the persistence manager currently in use for RSE
 	 */
 	public static IRSEPersistenceManager getThePersistenceManager() {
-		return getDefault().getPersistenceManager();
+		return getDefault() != null ? getDefault().getPersistenceManager() : null;
 	}
 	
 	/**