1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/tasks/core/TaskRepositoryManager.java b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/tasks/core/TaskRepositoryManager.java
index 43c49fef9..e7fdc156e 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/tasks/core/TaskRepositoryManager.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.mylyn.tasks.core/src/org/eclipse/mylyn/tasks/core/TaskRepositoryManager.java
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ public class TaskRepositoryManager {
 
 	public TaskRepository getRepositoryForActiveTask(String repositoryKind, TaskList taskList) {
 		AbstractTask activeTask = taskList.getActiveTask();
-		if (activeTask instanceof AbstractTask) {
-			String repositoryUrl = ((AbstractTask) activeTask).getRepositoryUrl();
+		if (activeTask != null) {
+			String repositoryUrl = activeTask.getRepositoryUrl();
 			for (TaskRepository repository : getRepositories(repositoryKind)) {
 				if (repository.getUrl().equals(repositoryUrl)) {
 					return repository;