diff --git a/impl/core/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/util/Exceptions.java b/impl/core/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/util/Exceptions.java
index 94dcccc..f3a547a 100644
--- a/impl/core/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/util/Exceptions.java
+++ b/impl/core/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/util/Exceptions.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public final class Exceptions {
 	}
 
 	public static boolean isApplicationException(final Throwable throwable) {
-		return throwable.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(ApplicationException.class);
+		return throwable != null && throwable.getClass().isAnnotationPresent(ApplicationException.class);
 	}
 
 	public static void handleToRuntimeException(final Throwable throwable) throws RuntimeException {
diff --git a/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/AbstractExceptionHandler.java b/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/AbstractExceptionHandler.java
index 98d8855..fd70422 100644
--- a/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/AbstractExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/AbstractExceptionHandler.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractExceptionHandler extends ExceptionHandlerWrapper {
 			exceptionContext = (ExceptionQueuedEventContext) iter.next().getSource();
 			root = getRoot(exceptionContext.getException());
 
-			if (handleException(root, facesContext)) {
+			if (root == null || handleException(root, facesContext)) {
 				iter.remove();
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/ApplicationExceptionHandler.java b/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/ApplicationExceptionHandler.java
index acfb321..4a21fec 100644
--- a/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/ApplicationExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/impl/extension/jsf/src/main/java/br/gov/frameworkdemoiselle/internal/implementation/ApplicationExceptionHandler.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class ApplicationExceptionHandler extends AbstractExceptionHandler {
 	protected Throwable getRoot(final Throwable throwable) {
 		Throwable root = throwable;
 
-		while (!Exceptions.isApplicationException(root)) {
+		while (root != null && !Exceptions.isApplicationException(root)) {
 			root = root.getCause();
 		}
 
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