diff -r 6ceef9a83b1a -r 6defe5d1bd39 textinput/peninputcommonctrls/src/peninputvkbctrl/peninputvkbctrllayout.cpp
--- a/textinput/peninputcommonctrls/src/peninputvkbctrl/peninputvkbctrllayout.cpp	Mon Mar 15 12:42:02 2010 +0200
+++ b/textinput/peninputcommonctrls/src/peninputvkbctrl/peninputvkbctrllayout.cpp	Wed Mar 31 22:08:20 2010 +0300
@@ -326,7 +326,11 @@
     else
         {
         // vkb keyboard must reset first, because iKeyInfoList will reset and destroy later
-        iVkbCtrl->Reset();
+        
+        if( iVkbCtrl != NULL )
+            {
+            iVkbCtrl->Reset();
+            }
         
         for ( TInt i = 0; i < count; i++ )
             {