diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
index 3de7e3530..92b6a8544 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogic.java
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ public final class InputLogic {
     // TODO : Remove this member when we can.
     private final LatinIME mLatinIME;
 
-    private InputLogicHandler mInputLogicHandler;
+    // Never null.
+    private InputLogicHandler mInputLogicHandler = InputLogicHandler.NULL_HANDLER;
 
     // TODO : make all these fields private as soon as possible.
     // Current space state of the input method. This can be any of the above constants.
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ public final class InputLogic {
         mWordComposer = new WordComposer();
         mEventInterpreter = new EventInterpreter(latinIME);
         mConnection = new RichInputConnection(latinIME);
-        mInputLogicHandler = null;
+        mInputLogicHandler = InputLogicHandler.NULL_HANDLER;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ public final class InputLogic {
         }
         resetComposingState(true /* alsoResetLastComposedWord */);
         mInputLogicHandler.destroy();
-        mInputLogicHandler = null;
+        mInputLogicHandler = InputLogicHandler.NULL_HANDLER;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogicHandler.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogicHandler.java
index 3258dcdfb..ea010b6f5 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogicHandler.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/inputlogic/InputLogicHandler.java
@@ -40,6 +40,33 @@ public class InputLogicHandler implements Handler.Callback {
 
     private static final int MSG_GET_SUGGESTED_WORDS = 1;
 
+    // A handler that never does anything. This is used for cases where events come before anything
+    // is initialized, though probably only the monkey can actually do this.
+    public static final InputLogicHandler NULL_HANDLER = new InputLogicHandler() {
+        @Override
+        public void destroy() {}
+        @Override
+        public boolean handleMessage(final Message msg) { return true; }
+        @Override
+        public void onStartBatchInput() {}
+        @Override
+        public void onUpdateBatchInput(final InputPointers batchPointers,
+                final int sequenceNumber) {}
+        @Override
+        public void onCancelBatchInput() {}
+        @Override
+        public void onEndBatchInput(final InputPointers batchPointers, final int sequenceNumber) {}
+        @Override
+        public void getSuggestedWords(final int sessionId, final int sequenceNumber,
+                final OnGetSuggestedWordsCallback callback) {}
+    };
+
+    private InputLogicHandler() {
+        mNonUIThreadHandler = null;
+        mLatinIME = null;
+        mInputLogic = null;
+    }
+
     public InputLogicHandler(final LatinIME latinIME, final InputLogic inputLogic) {
         final HandlerThread handlerThread = new HandlerThread(
                 InputLogicHandler.class.getSimpleName());