diff --git a/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/binary/BinaryMapRouteReaderAdapter.java b/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/binary/BinaryMapRouteReaderAdapter.java
index 3f17f3e859..e4ee030db1 100644
--- a/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/binary/BinaryMapRouteReaderAdapter.java
+++ b/OsmAnd-java/src/net/osmand/binary/BinaryMapRouteReaderAdapter.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ public class BinaryMapRouteReaderAdapter {
 		
 		public int searchRouteEncodingRule(String tag, String value) {
 			if(decodingRules == null) {
+				decodingRules = new LinkedHashMap<String, Integer>();
 				for(int i = 0; i < routeEncodingRules.size(); i++) {
 					RouteTypeRule rt = routeEncodingRules.get(i);
 					String ks = rt.getTag() +"#" + (rt.getValue() == null ? "" : rt.getValue());