From 5330de04732743861859fbce020f7e933b76568c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kai Kreuzer <kai@openhab.org>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:13:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid potential NPE (#1839)

Signed-off-by: Kai Kreuzer <kai@openhab.org>
---
 .../openhab/core/model/item/internal/GenericItemProvider.java  | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.item/src/org/openhab/core/model/item/internal/GenericItemProvider.java b/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.item/src/org/openhab/core/model/item/internal/GenericItemProvider.java
index 465394dd3ec..c815e8e3f6b 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.item/src/org/openhab/core/model/item/internal/GenericItemProvider.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.core.model.item/src/org/openhab/core/model/item/internal/GenericItemProvider.java
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ private void dispatchBindingsPerItemType(@Nullable BindingConfigReader reader, S
             if (model != null) {
                 for (ModelItem modelItem : model.getItems()) {
                     for (String itemType : itemTypes) {
-                        if (itemType.equals(ItemUtil.getMainItemType(modelItem.getType()))) {
+                        String type = modelItem.getType();
+                        if (type != null && itemType.equals(ItemUtil.getMainItemType(type))) {
                             Item item = createItemFromModelItem(modelItem);
                             if (item != null) {
                                 internalDispatchBindings(reader, modelName, item, modelItem.getBindings());