diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
index 5788161bd28512..60392088f26a6a 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/views/textinput/ReactTextInputManager.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.inputmethod.EditorInfo;
 import android.widget.TextView;
+import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.JSApplicationIllegalArgumentException;
 import com.facebook.react.bridge.ReactContext;
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@
  */
 @ReactModule(name = ReactTextInputManager.REACT_CLASS)
 public class ReactTextInputManager extends BaseViewManager<ReactEditText, LayoutShadowNode> {
-
+  public static final String TAG = ReactTextInputManager.class.getSimpleName();
   protected static final String REACT_CLASS = "AndroidTextInput";
 
   private static final int[] SPACING_TYPES = {
@@ -464,9 +465,14 @@ public void setUnderlineColor(ReactEditText view, @Nullable Integer underlineCol
     // Drawable.mutate() can sometimes crash due to an AOSP bug:
     // See https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=191754 for more info
     Drawable background = view.getBackground();
-    Drawable drawableToMutate = background.getConstantState() != null ?
-      background.mutate() :
-      background;
+    Drawable drawableToMutate = background;
+    if (background.getConstantState() != null) {
+      try {
+        drawableToMutate = background.mutate();
+      } catch (NullPointerException e) {
+        FLog.e(TAG, "NullPointerException when setting underlineColorAndroid for TextInput", e);
+      }
+    }
 
     if (underlineColor == null) {
       drawableToMutate.clearColorFilter();