diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/EvaluationFormManagerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/EvaluationFormManagerImpl.java
index 7db58065632159e4904300221d8e1733502ccb97..5a210f1163877d3420f1a49b3207f02d30aba97d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/EvaluationFormManagerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/modules/forms/manager/EvaluationFormManagerImpl.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class EvaluationFormManagerImpl implements EvaluationFormManager {
 	}
 	
 	private boolean isPartOfSeries(EvaluationFormSurvey survey) {
-		return survey.getSeriesPrevious() != null || evaluationFormSurveyDao.hasSeriesNext(survey);
+		return survey != null && (survey.getSeriesPrevious() != null || evaluationFormSurveyDao.hasSeriesNext(survey));
 	}
 
 	@Override