diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ContactsController.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ContactsController.kt
index 6af75b2d3..1fec9ecd1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ContactsController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/ContactsController.kt
@@ -384,7 +384,6 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
         }
     }
 
-    @Suppress("Detekt.TooGenericExceptionCaught")
     private fun fetchData() {
         dispose(null)
         alreadyFetching = true
@@ -440,33 +439,21 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
                         adapter?.filterItems()
                     }
 
-                    try {
+                    withNullableControllerViewBinding {
                         binding.controllerGenericRv.swipeRefreshLayout.isRefreshing = false
-                    } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-                        // view binding can be null
-                        // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-                        Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
                     }
                 }
 
                 override fun onError(e: Throwable) {
-                    try {
+                    withNullableControllerViewBinding {
                         binding.controllerGenericRv.swipeRefreshLayout.isRefreshing = false
-                    } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-                        // view binding can be null
-                        // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-                        Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
                     }
                     dispose(contactsQueryDisposable)
                 }
 
                 override fun onComplete() {
-                    try {
+                    withNullableControllerViewBinding {
                         binding.controllerGenericRv.swipeRefreshLayout.isRefreshing = false
-                    } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-                        // view binding can be null
-                        // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-                        Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
                     }
                     dispose(contactsQueryDisposable)
                     alreadyFetching = false
@@ -692,7 +679,6 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
         dispose(null)
     }
 
-    @Suppress("Detekt.TooGenericExceptionCaught")
     override fun onQueryTextChange(newText: String): Boolean {
         if (newText != "" && adapter?.hasNewFilter(newText) == true) {
             adapter?.setFilter(newText)
@@ -702,12 +688,8 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
             adapter?.updateDataSet(contactItems as List<Nothing>?)
         }
 
-        try {
+        withNullableControllerViewBinding {
             binding.controllerGenericRv.swipeRefreshLayout.isEnabled = !adapter!!.hasFilter()
-        } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-            // view binding can be null
-            // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-            Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
         }
 
         return true
@@ -933,9 +915,8 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
         }
     }
 
-    @Suppress("Detekt.TooGenericExceptionCaught")
     private fun toggleConversationPrivacyLayout(showInitialLayout: Boolean) {
-        try {
+        withNullableControllerViewBinding {
             if (showInitialLayout) {
                 binding.conversationPrivacyToggle.initialRelativeLayout.visibility = View.VISIBLE
                 binding.conversationPrivacyToggle.secondaryRelativeLayout.visibility = View.GONE
@@ -943,26 +924,17 @@ class ContactsController(args: Bundle) :
                 binding.conversationPrivacyToggle.initialRelativeLayout.visibility = View.GONE
                 binding.conversationPrivacyToggle.secondaryRelativeLayout.visibility = View.VISIBLE
             }
-        } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-            // view binding can be null
-            // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-            Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
         }
     }
 
-    @Suppress("Detekt.TooGenericExceptionCaught")
     private fun toggleConversationViaLinkVisibility(isPublicCall: Boolean) {
-        try {
+        withNullableControllerViewBinding {
             if (isPublicCall) {
                 binding.joinConversationViaLink.joinConversationViaLinkRelativeLayout.visibility = View.GONE
                 updateGroupParticipantSelection()
             } else {
                 binding.joinConversationViaLink.joinConversationViaLinkRelativeLayout.visibility = View.VISIBLE
             }
-        } catch (npe: NullPointerException) {
-            // view binding can be null
-            // since this is called asynchronously and UI might have been destroyed in the meantime
-            Log.i(TAG, "UI destroyed - view binding already gone")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/base/NewBaseController.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/base/NewBaseController.kt
index 00aef33ac..a26f39247 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/base/NewBaseController.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/controllers/base/NewBaseController.kt
@@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ import com.nextcloud.talk.controllers.ServerSelectionController
 import com.nextcloud.talk.controllers.SwitchAccountController
 import com.nextcloud.talk.controllers.WebViewLoginController
 import com.nextcloud.talk.controllers.base.providers.ActionBarProvider
+import com.nextcloud.talk.controllers.util.ControllerViewBindingDelegate
 import com.nextcloud.talk.databinding.ActivityMainBinding
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.DisplayUtils
 import com.nextcloud.talk.utils.preferences.AppPreferences
-import java.util.ArrayList
 import javax.inject.Inject
 import kotlin.jvm.internal.Intrinsics
 
@@ -296,6 +296,27 @@ abstract class NewBaseController(@LayoutRes var layoutRes: Int, args: Bundle? =
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Mainly intended to be used in async listeners that may be called after the controller has been destroyed.
+     *
+     * If you need to use this function to patch a NPE crash, something is wrong in the way that the async calls are
+     * handled, they should have been cancelled when the controller UI was destroyed (if their only purpose was
+     * updating UI).
+     */
+    @Suppress("Detekt.TooGenericExceptionCaught")
+    inline fun withNullableControllerViewBinding(block: () -> Unit) {
+        try {
+            block()
+        } catch (e: NullPointerException) {
+            // Handle only the exceptions we know about, let everything else pass through
+            if (e.stackTrace.firstOrNull()?.className == ControllerViewBindingDelegate::class.qualifiedName) {
+                Log.w("ControllerViewBinding", "Trying to update UI on a null ViewBinding.", e)
+            } else {
+                throw e
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     open val appBarLayoutType: AppBarLayoutType
         get() = AppBarLayoutType.TOOLBAR
     val searchHint: String