diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 79cce4d1..4fea31d3 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider {
                             final String id = XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "id");
                             XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "omc");
                             XmlPullUtil.optValueTag(pp, "pid", null);
-                            final String place = normalizeLocationName(XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "locality"));
+                            final String place = normalizeLocationName(XmlPullUtil.optValueTag(pp, "locality", null));
                             XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "layer");
                             XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "gisID");
                             XmlPullUtil.valueTag(pp, "ds");