diff -r eb1f2e154e89 -r 3b79bedfdc20 textinput/peninputarc/src/peninputlayoutcontrol/peninputlayoutrootctrl.cpp
--- a/textinput/peninputarc/src/peninputlayoutcontrol/peninputlayoutrootctrl.cpp	Tue Feb 02 01:02:04 2010 +0200
+++ b/textinput/peninputarc/src/peninputlayoutcontrol/peninputlayoutrootctrl.cpp	Fri Apr 16 15:17:40 2010 +0300
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@
             }
             
         iPointerCaptureCtrl = aCtrl;    
-        if(iCtrlWithPointerDown && ! aCtrl->PointerDown())
+        
+        if(iCtrlWithPointerDown && aCtrl != NULL && !aCtrl->PointerDown())
             {
             //if someone else has pointer down, we must cancel the down event.
             TRAP_IGNORE(iCtrlWithPointerDown->CancelPointerDownL());