diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/add/remote/AddContactActivity.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/add/remote/AddContactActivity.java
index 3bca5ce75f149008c704bde48898bea4bb89c7aa..8650c8233d711790c6d45f4a8a1883819dbe077d 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/add/remote/AddContactActivity.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/contact/add/remote/AddContactActivity.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class AddContactActivity extends BriarActivity implements
 		});
 
 		Intent i = getIntent();
-		if (state == null && i != null) {
+		if (state == null) {
 			// do not react to the intent again when recreating the activity
 			onNewIntent(i);
 		}
diff --git a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/navdrawer/NavDrawerActivity.java b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/navdrawer/NavDrawerActivity.java
index 1b8ea5c4ea7477937a5edebcf0d4fd72313a5c66..78f5fbb17b7e630f045bde3401114c91cc5ae642 100644
--- a/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/navdrawer/NavDrawerActivity.java
+++ b/briar-android/src/main/java/org/briarproject/briar/android/navdrawer/NavDrawerActivity.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class NavDrawerActivity extends BriarActivity implements
 			startFragment(ContactListFragment.newInstance(),
 					R.id.nav_btn_contacts);
 		}
-		if (state == null && getIntent() != null) {
+		if (state == null) {
 			// do not call this again when there's existing state
 			onNewIntent(getIntent());
 		}