JobIntentService crashing with java.lang.RuntimeException: An error occurred while executing doInBackground()

JobIntentServiceInternal.kt

package androidx.core.app

abstract class JobIntentServiceInternal: JobIntentService() {

    /**
     * Returns a GenericWorkItem that will fail silently to complete
     * if it has been cancelled while executing inside
     * the JobIntentService$CommandProcessor#doInBackground loop
     * or if dequeue fails
     */
    override fun dequeueWork(): GenericWorkItem? {
        try {
            val item = super.dequeueWork()
            if (item != null) {
                return object : GenericWorkItem {
                    override fun getIntent() = item.intent
                    override fun complete() {
                        try {
                            item.complete()
                        } catch (ignore: Exception) {}
                    }
                }
            }
        } catch (ignore: Exception) {}
        return null
    }

}