diff --git a/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java b/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
index bc2ef53..937a8d2 100644
--- a/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
+++ b/src/com/android/contacts/quickcontact/QuickContactActivity.java
@@ -1329,6 +1329,9 @@
         mPreviousContactId = mContactData.getId();
 
         // Trigger suggestion engine to compute suggestions.
+        if (mContactData.getId() <= 0) {
+            return;
+        }
         final ContentValues values = new ContentValues();
         values.put(ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName.DISPLAY_NAME,
                 mContactData.getDisplayName());