NPE fix for 115251

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/compiler/ast/AspectDeclaration.java b/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/compiler/ast/AspectDeclaration.java
index 1f9868a6e..9c683d7d7 100644
--- a/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/compiler/ast/AspectDeclaration.java
+++ b/org.aspectj.ajdt.core/src/org/aspectj/ajdt/internal/compiler/ast/AspectDeclaration.java
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ public class AspectDeclaration extends TypeDeclaration {
         	ParameterizedTypeBinding pBinding = (ParameterizedTypeBinding)binding;
         	if (pBinding.type instanceof SourceTypeBinding) {
 	        	SourceTypeBinding sourceSc = (SourceTypeBinding)pBinding.type;
-	        	if (sourceSc.scope.referenceContext instanceof AspectDeclaration) {
+	        	if (sourceSc.scope != null && sourceSc.scope.referenceContext instanceof AspectDeclaration) {
 					perClause = ((AspectDeclaration)sourceSc.scope.referenceContext).perClause;
 				} else {
 					return null;