diff --git a/src/net/i2p/android/router/MainActivity.java b/src/net/i2p/android/router/MainActivity.java
index 104cc655208f4871e0c658f8d9cce26429ad65c2..d117f4962b46772aa6617846a738b90ee1d147ac 100644
--- a/src/net/i2p/android/router/MainActivity.java
+++ b/src/net/i2p/android/router/MainActivity.java
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends I2PActivityBase implements
                 } else {
                     // Unbind
                     unbindService(mStateConnection);
+                    mStateService = null;
                 }
             } catch (RemoteException e) {
                 // In this case the service has crashed before we could even