diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
index 66c943f9864..1694a120737 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/Dispatcher.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class Dispatcher {
     private DDatanode proxySource;
     private StorageGroup target;
 
-    private PendingMove(Source source, StorageGroup target) {
+    PendingMove(Source source, StorageGroup target) {
       this.source = source;
       this.target = target;
     }
@@ -279,12 +279,18 @@ public class Dispatcher {
     /**
      * @return true if the given block is good for the tentative move.
      */
-    private boolean markMovedIfGoodBlock(DBlock block, StorageType targetStorageType) {
+    boolean markMovedIfGoodBlock(DBlock block, StorageType targetStorageType) {
       synchronized (block) {
         synchronized (movedBlocks) {
           if (isGoodBlockCandidate(source, target, targetStorageType, block)) {
             if (block instanceof DBlockStriped) {
               reportedBlock = ((DBlockStriped) block).getInternalBlock(source);
+              if (reportedBlock == null) {
+                LOG.info(
+                    "No striped internal block on source {}, block {}. Skipping.",
+                    source, block);
+                return false;
+              }
             } else {
               reportedBlock = block;
             }
@@ -496,7 +502,7 @@ public class Dispatcher {
       this.cellSize = cellSize;
     }
 
-    public DBlock getInternalBlock(StorageGroup storage) {
+    DBlock getInternalBlock(StorageGroup storage) {
       int idxInLocs = locations.indexOf(storage);
       if (idxInLocs == -1) {
         return null;
@@ -515,7 +521,11 @@ public class Dispatcher {
 
     @Override
     public long getNumBytes(StorageGroup storage) {
-      return getInternalBlock(storage).getNumBytes();
+      DBlock block = getInternalBlock(storage);
+      if (block == null) {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      return block.getNumBytes();
     }
   }
 
@@ -1303,7 +1313,7 @@ public class Dispatcher {
    * 2. the block does not have a replica/internalBlock on the target;
    * 3. doing the move does not reduce the number of racks that the block has
    */
-  private boolean isGoodBlockCandidate(StorageGroup source, StorageGroup target,
+  boolean isGoodBlockCandidate(StorageGroup source, StorageGroup target,
       StorageType targetStorageType, DBlock block) {
     if (source.equals(target)) {
       return false;
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
index f253b1ea878..3c624cde7b6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/balancer/TestBalancer.java
@@ -41,11 +41,16 @@ import static org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.DFSConfigKeys.DFS_WEB_AUTHENTICATION_KERBER
 import org.apache.hadoop.hdfs.protocol.ErasureCodingPolicy;
 import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.any;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.anyLong;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -1614,11 +1619,39 @@ public class TestBalancer {
       // verify locations of striped blocks
       locatedBlocks = client.getBlockLocations(fileName, 0, fileLen);
       StripedFileTestUtil.verifyLocatedStripedBlocks(locatedBlocks, groupSize);
+
+      // Test handling NPE with striped blocks
+      testNullStripedBlocks(conf);
+
     } finally {
       cluster.shutdown();
     }
   }
 
+  private void testNullStripedBlocks(Configuration conf) throws IOException {
+    NameNodeConnector nnc = NameNodeConnector.newNameNodeConnectors(
+        DFSUtil.getInternalNsRpcUris(conf),
+        Balancer.class.getSimpleName(), Balancer.BALANCER_ID_PATH, conf,
+        BalancerParameters.DEFAULT.getMaxIdleIteration()).get(0);
+    Dispatcher dispatcher = new Dispatcher(nnc, Collections.emptySet(),
+        Collections.<String> emptySet(), 1, 1, 0,
+        1, 1, conf);
+    Dispatcher spyDispatcher = spy(dispatcher);
+    Dispatcher.PendingMove move = spyDispatcher.new PendingMove(
+        mock(Dispatcher.Source.class),
+        mock(Dispatcher.DDatanode.StorageGroup.class));
+    Dispatcher.DBlockStriped block = mock(Dispatcher.DBlockStriped.class);
+
+    doReturn(null).when(block).getInternalBlock(any());
+    doReturn(true)
+        .when(spyDispatcher)
+        .isGoodBlockCandidate(any(), any(), any(), any());
+
+    when(move.markMovedIfGoodBlock(block, DEFAULT)).thenCallRealMethod();
+
+    assertFalse(move.markMovedIfGoodBlock(block, DEFAULT));
+  }
+
   /**
    * Test Balancer runs fine when logging in with a keytab in kerberized env.
    * Reusing testUnknownDatanode here for basic functionality testing.