diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Projections/Handlers/FieldIndexPartHandler.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Projections/Handlers/FieldIndexPartHandler.cs
index faa2ca07c..e5100c7f3 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Projections/Handlers/FieldIndexPartHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Projections/Handlers/FieldIndexPartHandler.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ namespace Orchard.Projections.Handlers {
             }
         }
         private void Updated(UpdateContentContext context, FieldIndexPart fieldIndexPart) {
-            if (context.UpdatingItemVersionRecord.Latest) { // updates projection draft indexes only if it is the latest version
+            // there are two different item types: saved in memory and saved to db
+            // those saved in memory don't have correctly the populated record and this generate NullReferenceException
+            if (context.UpdatingItemVersionRecord != null && context.UpdatingItemVersionRecord.Latest) {
+                // updates projection draft indexes only if it is the latest version
                 DescribeValuesToindex(fieldIndexPart, (indexServiceContext) => {
                     _draftFieldIndexService.Set(fieldIndexPart,
                     indexServiceContext.LocalPart.PartDefinition.Name,
@@ -113,4 +116,4 @@ namespace Orchard.Projections.Handlers {
 
         }
     }
-}
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+}