diff --git a/org.adempiere.base/src/org/compiere/model/MRecentItem.java b/org.adempiere.base/src/org/compiere/model/MRecentItem.java
index 34fee60431..6272629599 100644
--- a/org.adempiere.base/src/org/compiere/model/MRecentItem.java
+++ b/org.adempiere.base/src/org/compiere/model/MRecentItem.java
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ public class MRecentItem extends X_AD_RecentItem
 		String windowName = win.get_Translation("Name");
 		MTable table = MTable.get(getCtx(), getAD_Table_ID());
 		PO po = table.getPO(getRecord_ID(), null);
+		if (po == null) {
+			/* Recent Item was deleted (probably with direct SQL DELETE) */
+			this.deleteEx(true, null);
+			return null;
+		}
 		String recordIdentifier = "";
 		if (po.get_ColumnIndex("DocumentNo") > 0)
 			recordIdentifier = recordIdentifier + "_" + po.get_ValueAsString("DocumentNo");
diff --git a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/dashboard/DPRecentItems.java b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/dashboard/DPRecentItems.java
index c8c43c363b..3eef8a4314 100644
--- a/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/dashboard/DPRecentItems.java
+++ b/org.adempiere.ui.zk/WEB-INF/src/org/adempiere/webui/dashboard/DPRecentItems.java
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ public class DPRecentItems extends DashboardPanel implements EventListener {
 		int riShown = 0;
 		for (MRecentItem ri : ris) {
 			String label = ri.getLabel();
+			if (label == null)
+				continue;
 			ToolBarButton btnrecentItem = new ToolBarButton(String.valueOf(ri.getAD_RecentItem_ID()));
 			btnrecentItem.setLabel(label);
 			btnrecentItem.setImage(getIconFile());