diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/MwmActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/MwmActivity.java
index 5c6f6b80d..57a243c61 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/MwmActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/MwmActivity.java
@@ -1818,9 +1818,17 @@ public class MwmActivity extends BaseMwmFragmentActivity
     if (Config.isTtsMessageDelivered())
       return;
 
-    String navigationStartMessage = getResources().getString(R.string.navigation_start_tts_message);
-    navigationStartMessage += TtsPlayer.INSTANCE.getLanguageDisplayName();
-    Toast.makeText(this, navigationStartMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+    String languageDisplayName = TtsPlayer.INSTANCE.getLanguageDisplayName();
+
+    if (languageDisplayName != null)
+    {
+      String navigationStartMessage = getResources().getString(R.string.navigation_start_tts_message);
+      navigationStartMessage += languageDisplayName;
+      Toast.makeText(this, navigationStartMessage, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
+    }
+    else
+      Toast.makeText(this, getResources().getString(R.string.navigation_start_tts_disabled_message), Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
+          .show();
 
     Config.setTtsMessageDelivered();
   }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index b89b48755..2679300f9 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@
     <string name="delete_track_dialog_title">Delete %s?</string>
     <string name="pref_tts_no_system_tts_short">No text-to-speech engine found, check the app settings</string>
     <string name="navigation_start_tts_message">"Starting Navigation, voice instruction language: "</string>
+    <string name="navigation_start_tts_disabled_message">"Voice instructions disabled: TTS engine not available"</string>
     <string name="unknown_power_output">unknown</string>
     <string name="charge_socket_type2">Type 2 (no cable)</string>
     <string name="charge_socket_type2_cable">Type 2 (w/ cable)</string>
diff --git a/android/sdk/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/sdk/sound/TtsPlayer.java b/android/sdk/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/sdk/sound/TtsPlayer.java
index d9903bf3d..64d5d124a 100644
--- a/android/sdk/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/sdk/sound/TtsPlayer.java
+++ b/android/sdk/src/main/java/app/organicmaps/sdk/sound/TtsPlayer.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import android.os.Looper;
 import android.provider.Settings;
 import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech;
 import android.speech.tts.UtteranceProgressListener;
+import android.speech.tts.Voice;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.util.Pair;
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
@@ -280,13 +281,16 @@ public enum TtsPlayer
 
   public Locale getVoiceLocale()
   {
-    return mTts.getVoice().getLocale();
+    if (INSTANCE.mTts == null)
+      return null;
+    Voice voice = INSTANCE.mTts.getVoice();
+    return voice != null ? voice.getLocale() : null;
   }
 
   public String getLanguageDisplayName()
   {
     Locale locale = getVoiceLocale();
-    return locale.getDisplayName(locale);
+    return locale != null ? locale.getDisplayName(locale) : null;
   }
 
   public void speak(String textToSpeak)