diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
index fc95312ea..cea06b942 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/fragments/list/search/SearchFragment.java
@@ -1089,15 +1089,25 @@ public class SearchFragment extends BaseListFragment<SearchInfo, ListExtractor.I
     public void handleNextItems(final ListExtractor.InfoItemsPage<?> result) {
         showListFooter(false);
         infoListAdapter.addInfoItemList(result.getItems());
-        nextPage = result.getNextPage();
 
-        if (!result.getErrors().isEmpty() && nextPage != null) {
-            showSnackBarError(new ErrorInfo(result.getErrors(), UserAction.SEARCHED,
-                    "\"" + searchString + "\" → pageUrl: " + nextPage.getUrl() + ", "
-                            + "pageIds: " + nextPage.getIds() + ", "
-                            + "pageCookies: " + nextPage.getCookies(),
-                    serviceId));
+        if (!result.getErrors().isEmpty()) {
+            // nextPage should be non-null at this point, because it refers to the page
+            // whose results are handled here, but let's check it anyway
+            if (nextPage == null) {
+                showSnackBarError(new ErrorInfo(result.getErrors(), UserAction.SEARCHED,
+                        "\"" + searchString + "\" → nextPage == null", serviceId));
+            } else {
+                showSnackBarError(new ErrorInfo(result.getErrors(), UserAction.SEARCHED,
+                        "\"" + searchString + "\" → pageUrl: " + nextPage.getUrl() + ", "
+                                + "pageIds: " + nextPage.getIds() + ", "
+                                + "pageCookies: " + nextPage.getCookies(),
+                        serviceId));
+            }
         }
+
+        // keep the reassignment of nextPage after the error handling to ensure that nextPage
+        // still holds the correct value during the error handling
+        nextPage = result.getNextPage();
         super.handleNextItems(result);
     }