diff --git a/android/modules/xml/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/xml/NamedNodeMapProxy.java b/android/modules/xml/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/xml/NamedNodeMapProxy.java
index 7899fd6c0c4..2170ba3b4a8 100644
--- a/android/modules/xml/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/xml/NamedNodeMapProxy.java
+++ b/android/modules/xml/src/java/ti/modules/titanium/xml/NamedNodeMapProxy.java
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ public NamedNodeMapProxy(NamedNodeMap map)
 	@Kroll.getProperty
 	public int getLength()
 	{
+		if (map == null) {
+			return 0;
+		}
 		return map.getLength();
 	}