Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/layer/OsmDataLayer.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/layer/OsmDataLayer.java	(revision 14036)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/gui/layer/OsmDataLayer.java	(revision 14037)
@@ -489,5 +489,7 @@
             Rectangle2D anchorRect = new Rectangle2D.Double(anchor.getInView().getX() % HATCHED_SIZE,
                     anchor.getInView().getY() % HATCHED_SIZE, HATCHED_SIZE, HATCHED_SIZE);
-            g.setPaint(new TexturePaint(hatched, anchorRect));
+            if (hatched != null) {
+                g.setPaint(new TexturePaint(hatched, anchorRect));
+            }
             g.fill(a);
         }