diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
index 11858a79b6c..e2c013d663f 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragment.java
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ public abstract class DashboardFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
     private DashboardTilePlaceholderPreferenceController mPlaceholderPreferenceController;
     private boolean mListeningToCategoryChange;
     private SummaryLoader mSummaryLoader;
-    private UiBlockerController mBlockerController;
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    UiBlockerController mBlockerController;
 
     @Override
     public void onAttach(Context context) {
@@ -111,7 +112,8 @@ public abstract class DashboardFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
         checkUiBlocker(controllers);
     }
 
-    private void checkUiBlocker(List<AbstractPreferenceController> controllers) {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void checkUiBlocker(List<AbstractPreferenceController> controllers) {
         final List<String> keys = new ArrayList<>();
         controllers
                 .stream()
@@ -121,8 +123,10 @@ public abstract class DashboardFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
                     keys.add(controller.getPreferenceKey());
                 });
 
-        mBlockerController = new UiBlockerController(keys);
-        mBlockerController.start(()->updatePreferenceVisibility());
+        if (!keys.isEmpty()) {
+            mBlockerController = new UiBlockerController(keys);
+            mBlockerController.start(()->updatePreferenceVisibility(mPreferenceControllers));
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -355,21 +359,23 @@ public abstract class DashboardFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment
             activity.reportFullyDrawn();
         }
 
-        updatePreferenceVisibility();
+        updatePreferenceVisibility(mPreferenceControllers);
     }
 
-    private void updatePreferenceVisibility() {
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    void updatePreferenceVisibility(
+            Map<Class, List<AbstractPreferenceController>> preferenceControllers) {
         final PreferenceScreen screen = getPreferenceScreen();
-        if (screen == null) {
+        if (screen == null || preferenceControllers == null || mBlockerController == null) {
             return;
         }
 
         final boolean visible = mBlockerController.isBlockerFinished();
         for (List<AbstractPreferenceController> controllerList :
-                mPreferenceControllers.values()) {
+                preferenceControllers.values()) {
             for (AbstractPreferenceController controller : controllerList) {
                 final String key = controller.getPreferenceKey();
-                final Preference preference = screen.findPreference(key);
+                final Preference preference = findPreference(key);
                 if (preference != null) {
                     preference.setVisible(visible && controller.isAvailable());
                 }
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/UiBlockerController.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/UiBlockerController.java
index eeb56e6daef..710175b112b 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/UiBlockerController.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/UiBlockerController.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
  * Control ui blocker data and check whether it is finished
  *
  * @see BasePreferenceController.UiBlocker
- * @see BasePreferenceController.OnUiBlockListener
+ * @see BasePreferenceController.UiBlockListener
  */
 public class UiBlockerController {
     private static final String TAG = "UiBlockerController";
diff --git a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentTest.java b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentTest.java
index afbb658f9ec..438dfc18caf 100644
--- a/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentTest.java
+++ b/tests/robotests/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentTest.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import androidx.preference.PreferenceScreen;
 
 import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
 import com.android.settings.core.PreferenceControllerMixin;
+import com.android.settings.slices.BlockingSlicePrefController;
 import com.android.settings.testutils.FakeFeatureFactory;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.AbstractPreferenceController;
 import com.android.settingslib.core.instrumentation.MetricsFeatureProvider;
@@ -55,7 +56,10 @@ import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
 import org.robolectric.util.ReflectionHelpers;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 
 @RunWith(RobolectricTestRunner.class)
 public class DashboardFragmentTest {
@@ -66,6 +70,7 @@ public class DashboardFragmentTest {
     private DashboardCategory mDashboardCategory;
     private Context mContext;
     private TestFragment mTestFragment;
+    private List<AbstractPreferenceController> mControllers;
 
     @Before
     public void setUp() {
@@ -83,6 +88,7 @@ public class DashboardFragmentTest {
                 .thenReturn(mDashboardCategory);
         mTestFragment.onAttach(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
         when(mContext.getPackageName()).thenReturn("TestPackage");
+        mControllers = new ArrayList<>();
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -193,6 +199,39 @@ public class DashboardFragmentTest {
                 DASHBOARD_CONTAINER, null, 0);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void updatePreferenceVisibility_prefKeyNull_shouldNotCrash() {
+        final Map<Class, List<AbstractPreferenceController>> prefControllers = new HashMap<>();
+        final List<AbstractPreferenceController> controllerList = new ArrayList<>();
+        controllerList.add(new TestPreferenceController(mContext));
+        prefControllers.put(TestPreferenceController.class, controllerList);
+        mTestFragment.mBlockerController = new UiBlockerController(Arrays.asList("pref_key"));
+
+        // Should not crash
+        mTestFragment.updatePreferenceVisibility(prefControllers);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkUiBlocker_noUiBlocker_controllerIsNull() {
+        mTestFragment.mBlockerController = null;
+        mControllers.add(new TestPreferenceController(mContext));
+
+        mTestFragment.checkUiBlocker(mControllers);
+
+        assertThat(mTestFragment.mBlockerController).isNull();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void checkUiBlocker_hasUiBlocker_controllerNotNull() {
+        mTestFragment.mBlockerController = null;
+        mControllers.add(new TestPreferenceController(mContext));
+        mControllers.add(new BlockingSlicePrefController(mContext, "pref_key"));
+
+        mTestFragment.checkUiBlocker(mControllers);
+
+        assertThat(mTestFragment.mBlockerController).isNotNull();
+    }
+
     public static class TestPreferenceController extends AbstractPreferenceController
             implements PreferenceControllerMixin {