Getting the error "Java.lang.IllegalStateException Activity has been destroyed" when using tabs with ViewPager

I have an application that consists of using ActionBarSherlock in tab mode.I have 5 tabs and the content of each tab is handled using fragments. For tab2 though, I have a fragment the xml file of which holds a ViewPager element which in turn has some fragment pages. When I initially start the application the application, I am able to switch between tabs no problem but when I press on tab2 for the second time I get the error mentioned above. The main activity is as follows:

public class MainActivity extends SherlockFragmentActivity
{
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) 
    {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        ActionBar actionBar = getSupportActionBar();

        ActionBar.Tab tab1 = actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab1");
        ActionBar.Tab tab3 = actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab3");
        ActionBar.Tab tab2 = actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab2");
        ActionBar.Tab tab4 = actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab4");
        ActionBar.Tab tab5 = actionBar.newTab().setText("Tab5");

        Fragment fragment1 = new Tab1();
        Fragment fragment3 = new Tab3();
        Fragment fragment2 = new Tab2();
        Fragment fragment5 = new Tab5();
        Fragment fragment4 = new Tab4();

        tab1.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(fragment1));
        tab3.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(fragment3));
        tab2.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(fragment2));
        tab5.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(fragment5));
        tab4.setTabListener(new MyTabListener(fragment4));

        actionBar.addTab(tab1);
        actionBar.addTab(tab2);
        actionBar.addTab(tab3);
        actionBar.addTab(tab4);
        actionBar.addTab(tab5); 

        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);
    }

    class MyTabListener implements ActionBar.TabListener
    {
        Fragment fragment;

        public MyTabListener(Fragment fragment)
        {