diff --git a/src/com/android/email/MessagingController.java b/src/com/android/email/MessagingController.java
index be1aa8d72..6a0f1e1d8 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/MessagingController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/MessagingController.java
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ public class MessagingController implements Runnable {
 
             // Select generic sync or store-specific sync
             SyncResults results = synchronizeMailboxGeneric(account, folder);
+            // The account might have been deleted
+            if (results == null) return;
             mListeners.synchronizeMailboxFinished(account.mId, folder.mId,
                                                   results.mTotalMessages,
                                                   results.mAddedMessages.size(),
@@ -771,6 +773,8 @@ public class MessagingController implements Runnable {
         // 2.  Open the remote folder and create the remote folder if necessary
 
         Store remoteStore = Store.getInstance(account, mContext);
+        // The account might have been deleted
+        if (remoteStore == null) return null;
         Folder remoteFolder = remoteStore.getFolder(mailbox.mServerId);
 
         /*
diff --git a/src/com/android/email/mail/Store.java b/src/com/android/email/mail/Store.java
index 27c9492b8..bdf90391f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/mail/Store.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/mail/Store.java
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ public abstract class Store {
     public synchronized static Store getInstance(Account account, Context context)
             throws MessagingException {
         HostAuth hostAuth = account.getOrCreateHostAuthRecv(context);
+        // An existing account might have been deleted
+        if (hostAuth == null) return null;
         Store store = sStores.get(hostAuth);
         if (store == null) {
             Context appContext = context.getApplicationContext();