member function get_option() on a non-object i

get a fatal error when using a finder/ automcomplete search:

Call to a member function get_option() on a non-object in /home/cobrasys/public_html/sites/all/modules/views/includes/view.inc on line 2489

This *used to* work but doesn't now.

I read through the forums and haven't found a good clue as to this.

Demo:

go to http://cobrasys.com/customer-type/military, type "AK" into the field on the right, click any thing returned from the search.

$finder = new finder();
$finder->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default finder disabled initially */
$finder->api_version = 2;
$finder->name = 'new_part_number';
$finder->views_view = 'finder_node';
$finder->views_display = 'page_1';
$finder->title = 'New Part Number';
$finder->description = '';
$finder->path = 'new_part_number';
$finder->block = TRUE;
$finder->status = TRUE;
$finder->settings = array(
  'block' => TRUE,
  'form_on_page' => TRUE,
  'find_button' => TRUE,
  'find_text' => 'Find',
  'go_text' => 'Go',
  'ajax_effect' => 'none',
  'show_results' => 'completed',
  'results_style' => 'views',
  'no_results' => 'default',
  'pager' => 10,
  'redirect' => 'never',
  'element_logic' => 'AND',
  'url' => 'enabled',
  'url_delimiter' => ',',
);
$finder->elements = array(
  'part' => (object) array(
    'id' => 'part',
    'finder' => 'new_part_number',
    'settings' => array(
      'field_logic' => 'OR',
      'value_logic' => 'AND',
      'match' => 'e',
      'max_suggestions' => 10,
      'autocomplete_field_logic' => 'OR',
      'autocomplete_value_logic' => 'OR',
      'autocomplete_match' => 'c',
      'fields' => array(
        'field_data_field_part_number.field_part_number_value' => (object) array(
          'table' => 'field_data_field_part_number',
          'field' => 'field_part_number_value',
          'relationship' => NULL,
          'format' => 'filter_xss',
        ),
      ),
    ),
    'weight' => 0,
    'title' => 'part',
    'parent' => '',
    'element' => 'autocomplete',
  ),
);

Call stack

( ! ) Fatal error: Call to a member function get_option() on null in /var/www/sds/sites/all/modules/views/includes/view.inc on line 2489
Call Stack
#	Time	Memory	Function	Location
1	0.0001	242712	{main}( )	../index.php:0
2	0.1255	24038008	menu_execute_active_handler( )	../index.php:21
3	0.1255	24038944	call_user_func_array:{/var/www/sds/includes/menu.inc:517} ( )	../menu.inc:517
4	0.1255	24039408	finder_page( )	../menu.inc:517
5	0.1304	25059864	finder->page( )	../finder.module:116
6	0.1304	25060672	finder->render( )	../finder.inc:376
7	0.1753	26695024	finder->results( )	../finder.inc:435
8	0.1753	26693432	finder->find( )	../finder.inc:895
9	0.1754	26697904	finder->views_find( )	../finder.inc:556
10	0.1942	30113128	view->execute_display( )	../finder.inc:810
11	0.1942	30113352	view->pre_execute( )	../view.inc:1342
12	0.1942	30114616	webform_views_pre_view( )	../view.inc:1392
13	0.1942	30115088	_webform_view_find_id( )	../webform.views.inc:447
14	0.1942	30115192	views_db_object->get_items( )	../webform.views.inc:537