diff --git a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/CustomEmoji.java b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/CustomEmoji.java
index 707bb309..69e02ad7 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/CustomEmoji.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/app/fedilab/android/mastodon/helper/CustomEmoji.java
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ public class CustomEmoji extends ReplacementSpan {
                             if (drawableCallBack != null) {
                                 drawableCallBack.invalidateDrawable(drawable);
                             }
-                            view.invalidate();
+                            if(view != null) {
+                                view.invalidate();
+                            }
                         }
 
                         @Override