diff --git a/batch/plugins/org.jboss.tools.batch.core/src/org/jboss/tools/batch/internal/core/impl/BatchBuilder.java b/batch/plugins/org.jboss.tools.batch.core/src/org/jboss/tools/batch/internal/core/impl/BatchBuilder.java
index c8c970630e..8a7beeb7c9 100644
--- a/batch/plugins/org.jboss.tools.batch.core/src/org/jboss/tools/batch/internal/core/impl/BatchBuilder.java
+++ b/batch/plugins/org.jboss.tools.batch.core/src/org/jboss/tools/batch/internal/core/impl/BatchBuilder.java
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ public boolean visit(IResource resource) throws CoreException {
 					}
 				}
 				for (int i = 0; i < srcs.length; i++) {
-					if(batch_jobs[i].isPrefixOf(path)) {
+					if(batch_jobs[i] != null && batch_jobs[i].isPrefixOf(path)) {
 						if(f.getName().toLowerCase().endsWith(".xml")) {
 							fileSet.addBatchJob(f);
 						}