diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
index ec775ef1cab..f4e9df8bfda 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2003-11-14 David Inglis
+	Fixed bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=46685
+	
 2003-11-13 Sean Evoy
 	There is a duplicate set of string resources in the standard and managed make
 	UI plugins, so there is little need to keep these resources in the common UI 
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
index f9602944da3..7ba5d4be39a 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/dialogs/BinaryParserBlock.java
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ public class BinaryParserBlock extends AbstractBinaryParserPage {
 				ICDescriptor desc = CCorePlugin.getDefault().getCProjectDescription(getContainer().getProject());
 				ICExtensionReference[] ref = desc.get(CCorePlugin.BINARY_PARSER_UNIQ_ID);
 				if (ref.length > 0) {
-					initial = point.getExtension(ref[0].getID()).getLabel();
+					IExtension ext = point.getExtension(ref[0].getID());
+					if (ext != null) {
+						initial = ext.getLabel();
+					}
 				}
 
 			} catch (CoreException e) {
@@ -157,7 +160,11 @@ public class BinaryParserBlock extends AbstractBinaryParserPage {
 			if (id == null || id.length() == 0) {
 				initial = point.getExtension(CCorePlugin.DEFAULT_BINARY_PARSER_UNIQ_ID).getLabel();
 			} else {
-				initial = point.getExtension(id).getLabel();
+				IExtension ext = point.getExtension(id);
+				if (ext != null) {
+					initial = ext.getLabel();
+				}
+
 			}
 		}