diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/model/primitives/WorkspaceRoot.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/model/primitives/WorkspaceRoot.java
index aa53076cb5e..2fe960db465 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/model/primitives/WorkspaceRoot.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/model/primitives/WorkspaceRoot.java
@@ -46,12 +46,17 @@ public static WorkspaceRoot fromImportSettings(BlazeImportSettings blazeSettings
   /**
    * Tries to load the import settings for the given project and get the workspace root directory.
    * <br>
-   * Unlike {@link #fromProject}, it will silently return null if this is not a blaze project.
+   * Unlike {@link #fromProject}, it will silently return null if this is not a blaze project of if
+   * the project is not properly initialized (eg. in tests).
    */
   @Nullable
   public static WorkspaceRoot fromProjectSafe(Project project) {
-    BlazeImportSettings importSettings =
-        BlazeImportSettingsManager.getInstance(project).getImportSettings();
+    BlazeImportSettingsManager manager = BlazeImportSettingsManager.getInstance(project);
+    if (manager == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    BlazeImportSettings importSettings = manager.getImportSettings();
     return importSettings != null ? fromImportSettings(importSettings) : null;
   }
 
diff --git a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/projectview/ImportRoots.java b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/projectview/ImportRoots.java
index 993e861d1a6..592d42270d3 100644
--- a/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/projectview/ImportRoots.java
+++ b/base/src/com/google/idea/blaze/base/sync/projectview/ImportRoots.java
@@ -55,10 +55,20 @@ public final class ImportRoots {
   @Nullable
   public static ImportRoots forProjectSafe(Project project) {
     WorkspaceRoot root = WorkspaceRoot.fromProjectSafe(project);
-    ProjectViewSet projectViewSet = ProjectViewManager.getInstance(project).getProjectViewSet();
-    if (root == null || projectViewSet == null) {
+    if (root == null) {
       return null;
     }
+
+    ProjectViewManager manager = ProjectViewManager.getInstance(project);
+    if (manager == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    ProjectViewSet projectViewSet = manager.getProjectViewSet();
+    if (projectViewSet == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
+
     return ImportRoots.builder(root, Blaze.getBuildSystemName(project)).add(projectViewSet).build();
   }