diff --git a/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java b/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
index db9c395372..3f5167facd 100755
--- a/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
+++ b/activemq-client/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/ActiveMQMessageConsumer.java
@@ -40,7 +40,20 @@ import javax.jms.MessageListener;
 import javax.jms.TransactionRolledBackException;
 
 import org.apache.activemq.blob.BlobDownloader;
-import org.apache.activemq.command.*;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQBlobMessage;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQMessage;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQObjectMessage;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ActiveMQTempDestination;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.CommandTypes;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ConsumerId;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.ConsumerInfo;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageAck;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageDispatch;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.MessageId;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.MessagePull;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.RemoveInfo;
+import org.apache.activemq.command.TransactionId;
 import org.apache.activemq.management.JMSConsumerStatsImpl;
 import org.apache.activemq.management.StatsCapable;
 import org.apache.activemq.management.StatsImpl;
@@ -199,6 +212,9 @@ public class ActiveMQMessageConsumer implements MessageAvailableConsumer, StatsC
 
         this.session = session;
         this.redeliveryPolicy = session.connection.getRedeliveryPolicyMap().getEntryFor(dest);
+        if (this.redeliveryPolicy == null) {
+            this.redeliveryPolicy = new RedeliveryPolicy();
+        }
         setTransformer(session.getTransformer());
 
         this.info = new ConsumerInfo(consumerId);
diff --git a/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/bugs/AMQ6125Test.java b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/bugs/AMQ6125Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b4a982b8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activemq-unit-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/activemq/bugs/AMQ6125Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.activemq.bugs;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import javax.jms.Connection;
+import javax.jms.Message;
+import javax.jms.MessageConsumer;
+import javax.jms.MessageProducer;
+import javax.jms.Queue;
+import javax.jms.Session;
+
+import org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.BrokerService;
+import org.apache.activemq.broker.region.policy.RedeliveryPolicyMap;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class AMQ6125Test {
+
+    private BrokerService broker;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        broker = new BrokerService();
+        broker.setPersistent(false);
+        broker.setUseJmx(false);
+        broker.start();
+        broker.waitUntilStarted();
+    }
+
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        if (broker != null) {
+            broker.stop();
+            broker.waitUntilStopped();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testRollbackWithNoPolicy() throws Exception {
+        ActiveMQConnectionFactory cf = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(broker.getVmConnectorURI());
+        cf.setRedeliveryPolicyMap(new RedeliveryPolicyMap());
+        Connection connection = cf.createConnection();
+        connection.start();
+
+        Session session = connection.createSession(true, Session.SESSION_TRANSACTED);
+        Queue queue = session.createTemporaryQueue();
+        MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(queue);
+
+        producer.send(session.createMessage());
+        session.commit();
+
+        MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(queue);
+        Message message = consumer.receive(2000);
+
+        assertNotNull(message);
+
+        session.rollback();
+    }
+}