diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
index 3ad0cdd6f52..5b07fee8cea 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Manifest-Version: 1.0
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Bundle-Name: %name
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.eclipse.ui.views.log;singleton:=true
-Bundle-Version: 1.4.600.qualifier
+Bundle-Version: 1.4.700.qualifier
 Bundle-Activator: org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.Activator
 Bundle-Vendor: %provider-name
 Require-Bundle: org.eclipse.core.runtime;bundle-version="[3.29.0,4.0.0)",
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/log/LogView.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/log/LogView.java
index 4debe5f649a..91ca2536f3f 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/log/LogView.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.ui.views.log/src/org/eclipse/ui/internal/views/log/LogView.java
@@ -1250,8 +1250,9 @@ private Throttler createMutualActivate(Display display) {
 
 	private void asyncRefreshAndActivate(int severity) {
 		asyncRefresh();
-		if ((fActivateViewAction.isChecked()) || (severity >= IStatus.WARNING && fActivateViewWarnAction.isChecked())
-				|| (severity >= IStatus.ERROR && fActivateViewErrorAction.isChecked())) {
+		if ((fActivateViewAction != null && fActivateViewAction.isChecked()) 
+				|| (severity >= IStatus.WARNING && fActivateViewWarnAction != null && fActivateViewWarnAction.isChecked())
+				|| (severity >= IStatus.ERROR && fActivateViewErrorAction != null && fActivateViewErrorAction.isChecked())) {
 			mutualActivate.throttledExec();
 		}
 	}