diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/provider/ProviderHelper.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/provider/ProviderHelper.java
index 9573629e8..0218b457b 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/provider/ProviderHelper.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/provider/ProviderHelper.java
@@ -630,7 +630,10 @@ public class ProviderHelper {
             values.put(KeyRingData.KEY_RING_DATA, keyRing.getEncoded());
             // insert new version of this keyRing
             Uri uri = KeyRingData.buildSecretKeyRingUri(Long.toString(masterKeyId));
-            mContentResolver.insert(uri, values);
+            if (mContentResolver.insert(uri, values) == null) {
+                log(LogLevel.ERROR, LogType.MSG_IS_DB_EXCEPTION);
+                return new SaveKeyringResult(SaveKeyringResult.RESULT_ERROR, mLog);
+            }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.e(Constants.TAG, "Failed to encode key!", e);
             log(LogLevel.ERROR, LogType.MSG_IS_IO_EXCPTION);
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/service/OperationResultParcel.java b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/service/OperationResultParcel.java
index 6c75907fd..f1f6c304a 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/service/OperationResultParcel.java
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/java/org/sufficientlysecure/keychain/service/OperationResultParcel.java
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ public class OperationResultParcel implements Parcelable {
         // import secret
         MSG_IS(R.string.msg_is),
         MSG_IS_BAD_TYPE_PUBLIC (R.string.msg_is_bad_type_public),
+        MSG_IS_DB_EXCEPTION (R.string.msg_is_db_exception),
         MSG_IS_IMPORTING_SUBKEYS (R.string.msg_is_importing_subkeys),
         MSG_IS_IO_EXCPTION (R.string.msg_is_io_excption),
         MSG_IS_SUBKEY_NONEXISTENT (R.string.msg_is_subkey_nonexistent),
diff --git a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 342cec007..304ec8c2f 100644
--- a/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/OpenKeychain/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -555,6 +555,7 @@
 
     <!-- Import Secret log entries -->
     <string name="msg_is">Importing secret key %s</string>
+    <string name="msg_is_db_exception">Database error!</string>
     <string name="msg_is_importing_subkeys">Processing secret subkeys</string>
     <string name="msg_is_io_excption">Error encoding keyring</string>
     <string name="msg_is_subkey_nonexistent">Subkey %s unavailable in public key</string>