diff --git a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUILabel.java b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUILabel.java
index 3198fdbea7a..6f25014c0c3 100644
--- a/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUILabel.java
+++ b/android/modules/ui/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/ui/widget/TiUILabel.java
@@ -803,12 +803,20 @@ private void updateLabelText()
 	public int getLineCount()
 	{
 		MaterialTextView textView = (MaterialTextView) getNativeView();
-		return textView.getLineCount();
+		if (textView != null && textView.getLayout() != null) {
+			return textView.getLineCount();
+		} else {
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	public String getVisibleText()
 	{
 		MaterialTextView textView = (MaterialTextView) getNativeView();
-		return textView.getLayout().getText().toString();
+		if (textView != null && textView.getLayout() != null) {
+			return textView.getLayout().getText().toString();
+		} else {
+			return "";
+		}
 	}
 }