--- a/textinput/peninputcommonctrlsjp/src/peninputhiraganakanji.cpp	Mon Mar 15 12:42:02 2010 +0200
+++ b/textinput/peninputcommonctrlsjp/src/peninputhiraganakanji.cpp	Wed Mar 31 22:08:20 2010 +0300
@@ -580,7 +580,11 @@
         else
             {
             iStatus = EStatusConversion;
-            iInputContextField->StartInlineL();
+            
+            if( iInputContextField != NULL )
+                {
+                iInputContextField->StartInlineL();
+                }
             }
         UpdateContextFieldL();
         }