diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRenderer.java b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRenderer.java
index f9753484180..b83a712bc54 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRenderer.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRenderer.java
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ public class SliceContextualCardRenderer implements ContextualCardRenderer, Life
 
         final View swipeBackground = holder.itemView.findViewById(R.id.dismissal_swipe_background);
         sliceLiveData.removeObservers(mLifecycleOwner);
-        // set the background to Gone in case the holder is reused.
-        swipeBackground.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        // set the background to GONE in case the holder is reused.
+        if (swipeBackground != null) {
+            swipeBackground.setVisibility(View.GONE);
+        }
         sliceLiveData.observe(mLifecycleOwner, slice -> {
             if (slice == null) {
                 Log.w(TAG, "Slice is null");
@@ -140,8 +142,9 @@ public class SliceContextualCardRenderer implements ContextualCardRenderer, Life
                 default:
                     mFullCardHelper.bindView(holder, card, slice);
             }
-
-            swipeBackground.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+            if (swipeBackground != null) {
+                swipeBackground.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
+            }
         });
 
         switch (holder.getItemViewType()) {
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRendererTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRendererTest.java
index 70761cf52d5..fb04dac9dd2 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRendererTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/homepage/contextualcards/slices/SliceContextualCardRendererTest.java
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@
 
 package com.android.settings.homepage.contextualcards.slices;
 
+import static com.android.settings.homepage.contextualcards.slices.SliceContextualCardRenderer.VIEW_TYPE_DEFERRED_SETUP;
 import static com.android.settings.homepage.contextualcards.slices.SliceContextualCardRenderer.VIEW_TYPE_FULL_WIDTH;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
@@ -160,6 +162,15 @@ public class SliceContextualCardRendererTest {
         assertThat(swipeBg.getVisibility()).isEqualTo(View.GONE);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void bindView_deferredSetupCard_shouldNotCrash() {
+        final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = getDeferredSetupViewHolder();
+        final ContextualCard card = buildContextualCard(TEST_SLICE_URI);
+        mRenderer.mSliceLiveDataMap.put(TEST_SLICE_URI, mSliceLiveData);
+
+        mRenderer.bindView(viewHolder, card);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void viewClick_keepCard_shouldShowSlice() {
         final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = getSliceViewHolder();
@@ -246,6 +257,18 @@ public class SliceContextualCardRendererTest {
         return mRenderer.createViewHolder(view, VIEW_TYPE_FULL_WIDTH);
     }
 
+    private RecyclerView.ViewHolder getDeferredSetupViewHolder() {
+        final RecyclerView recyclerView = new RecyclerView(mActivity);
+        recyclerView.setLayoutManager(new LinearLayoutManager(mActivity));
+        final View view = LayoutInflater.from(mActivity)
+                .inflate(VIEW_TYPE_DEFERRED_SETUP, recyclerView, false);
+        final RecyclerView.ViewHolder viewHolder = spy(
+                new SliceDeferredSetupCardRendererHelper.DeferredSetupCardViewHolder(view));
+        doReturn(VIEW_TYPE_DEFERRED_SETUP).when(viewHolder).getItemViewType();
+
+        return viewHolder;
+    }
+
     private ContextualCard buildContextualCard(Uri sliceUri) {
         return new ContextualCard.Builder()
                 .setName("test_name")