diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ValidatorHelper.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ValidatorHelper.java
index 020e943b93..6ec102f8a4 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ValidatorHelper.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/helper/ValidatorHelper.java
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ public void isSharedPreference(Element element, AnnotationElements validatedElem
 		/*
 		 * The type is not available yet because it has just been generated
 		 */
-		if (type instanceof ErrorType) {
+		if (type instanceof ErrorType  || type.getKind() == TypeKind.ERROR) {
 			String elementTypeName = type.toString();
 
 			boolean sharedPrefValidatedInRound = false;
diff --git a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/processing/PrefProcessor.java b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/processing/PrefProcessor.java
index 36001efd6c..ce87564a5d 100644
--- a/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/processing/PrefProcessor.java
+++ b/AndroidAnnotations/androidannotations/src/main/java/org/androidannotations/processing/PrefProcessor.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import javax.lang.model.element.Element;
 import javax.lang.model.element.TypeElement;
 import javax.lang.model.type.ErrorType;
+import javax.lang.model.type.TypeKind;
 import javax.lang.model.type.TypeMirror;
 
 import org.androidannotations.annotations.sharedpreferences.Pref;
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ public void process(Element element, JCodeModel codeModel, EBeanHolder holder) {
 		TypeMirror fieldTypeMirror = element.asType();
 
 		String fieldType = fieldTypeMirror.toString();
-		if (fieldTypeMirror instanceof ErrorType) {
+		if (fieldTypeMirror instanceof ErrorType || fieldTypeMirror.getKind() == TypeKind.ERROR) {
 			String elementTypeName = fieldTypeMirror.toString();
 			String prefTypeName = elementTypeName.substring(0, elementTypeName.length() - GENERATION_SUFFIX.length());
 			Set<? extends Element> sharedPrefElements = validatedModel.getRootAnnotatedElements(SharedPref.class.getName());