diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeRuleSettingsBase.java b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeRuleSettingsBase.java
index 4abdd7e9267..86576cf3812 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeRuleSettingsBase.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeRuleSettingsBase.java
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ public abstract class ZenModeRuleSettingsBase extends ZenModeSettingsBase
         }
 
         mId = intent.getStringExtra(ConditionProviderService.EXTRA_RULE_ID);
+        if (mId == null) {
+            Log.w(TAG, "rule id is null");
+            toastAndFinish();
+            return;
+        }
+
         if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "mId=" + mId);
         if (refreshRuleOrFinish()) {
             return;
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeScheduleRuleSettingsTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeScheduleRuleSettingsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f8e57755d5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/notification/ZenModeScheduleRuleSettingsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2017 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.notification;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.UserManager;
+
+import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settings.TestConfig;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.SettingsRobolectricTestRunner;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.SettingsShadowResources;
+import com.android.settings.testutils.shadow.ShadowUserManager;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.Answers;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;
+import org.robolectric.shadows.ShadowToast;
+import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
+
+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 static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment.application;
+
+@RunWith(SettingsRobolectricTestRunner.class)
+@Config(manifest = TestConfig.MANIFEST_PATH,
+        sdk = TestConfig.SDK_VERSION,
+        shadows = {
+                SettingsShadowResources.class,
+                SettingsShadowResources.SettingsShadowTheme.class,
+        })
+public class ZenModeScheduleRuleSettingsTest {
+
+    @Mock
+    private Activity mActivity;
+
+    @Mock
+    private Intent mIntent;
+
+    @Mock
+    private UserManager mUserManager;
+
+    private TestFragment mFragment;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
+
+        mFragment = spy(new TestFragment());
+        mFragment.onAttach(application);
+
+        doReturn(mActivity).when(mFragment).getActivity();
+
+        Resources res = application.getResources();
+
+        doReturn(res).when(mFragment).getResources();
+        when(mActivity.getTheme()).thenReturn(res.newTheme());
+        when(mActivity.getIntent()).thenReturn(mIntent);
+        when(mActivity.getResources()).thenReturn(res);
+        when(mFragment.getSystemService(Context.USER_SERVICE)).thenReturn(mUserManager);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void onCreate_noRuleId_shouldToastAndFinishAndNoCrash() {
+        final Context ctx = application.getApplicationContext();
+        final String expected = ctx.getResources().getString(R.string.zen_mode_rule_not_found_text);
+
+        mFragment.onCreate(null);
+
+        // verify the toast
+        assertThat(ShadowToast.getTextOfLatestToast()).isEqualTo(expected);
+
+        // verify the finish
+        verify(mActivity).finish();
+
+        //shoud not crash
+    }
+
+    public static class TestFragment extends ZenModeScheduleRuleSettings {
+
+        @Override
+        protected Object getSystemService(final String name) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected void maybeRefreshRules(boolean success, boolean fireChanged) {
+            //do nothing
+        }
+    }
+
+}