diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManager.java
index 551de2f15..2676c0478 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/reactnativecommunity/webview/RNCWebViewManager.java
@@ -1879,6 +1879,9 @@ public void destroy() {
      * A helper to get react tag id by given WebView
      */
     public static int getId(WebView webView) {
+      if (webView.getParent() == null) {
+        return -1;
+      }
       return ((View) webView.getParent()).getId();
     }