1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/java/org/gnu/emacs/EmacsService.java b/java/org/gnu/emacs/EmacsService.java
index 036bc9cf098..d91d8f66009 100644
--- a/java/org/gnu/emacs/EmacsService.java
+++ b/java/org/gnu/emacs/EmacsService.java
@@ -1522,7 +1522,8 @@ public final class EmacsService extends Service
             return entry;
           }
 
-        if (type.equals (Document.MIME_TYPE_DIR))
+        if (type != null
+            && type.equals (Document.MIME_TYPE_DIR))
           entry.d_type = 1;
         entry.d_name = name;
         return entry;