NPE at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.handleSelection

NPE in BasicTreeUI:

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.handleSelection(BasicTreeUI.java:3501)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.mouseReleasedDND(BasicTreeUI.java:3571)
        at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTreeUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicTreeUI.java:3559)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
        at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:272)
        at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6041)
        at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3265)
        at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:5806)
        at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2058)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4413)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2116)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(LightweightDispatcher.java:4322)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(LightweightDispatcher.java:3986)
        at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(LightweightDispatcher.java:3916)
        at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2102)
        at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2440)
        at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4243)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:599)
        at org.netbeans.core.TimeableEventQueue.dispatchEvent(TimeableEventQueue.java:104)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:273)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:183)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:173)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:168)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:160)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:121)

I examined the code and it looks like getPathBounds(tree, pressedPath) returns null (don't know why and how) and then NPE arises:

                Rectangle bounds = getPathBounds(tree, pressedPath);

line 3501: NPE: if(e.getY() >= (bounds.y + bounds.height)) {
                    return;
                }


Happens in NetBeans IDE, original issue is here:
http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=126170

Nice summarization of when error appeared to users can be seen here:
http://statistics.netbeans.org/analytics/detail.do?id=2534