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diff --git a/src/jalview/analysis/AnnotationSorter.java b/src/jalview/analysis/AnnotationSorter.java
index a5d2164..81398eb 100644
--- a/src/jalview/analysis/AnnotationSorter.java
+++ b/src/jalview/analysis/AnnotationSorter.java
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ public class AnnotationSorter
   public void sort(AlignmentAnnotation[] alignmentAnnotations,
           SequenceAnnotationOrder order)
   {
+    if (alignmentAnnotations == null)
+    {
+      return;
+    }
     // cache 'alignment sequence position' for the annotations
     saveSequenceIndices(alignmentAnnotations);