diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFSStriped.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFSStriped.java
index 0b39456bf8f..124db17e6c0 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFSStriped.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/blockmanagement/TestBlockTokenWithDFSStriped.java
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ public class TestBlockTokenWithDFSStriped extends TestBlockTokenWithDFS {
     LocatedBlock[] internalBlocks = StripedBlockUtil.parseStripedBlockGroup
         (lsb, cellSize, dataBlocks, parityBlocks);
     for (LocatedBlock internalBlock : internalBlocks) {
-      if(super.isBlockTokenExpired(internalBlock)){
+      if(internalBlock != null && super.isBlockTokenExpired(internalBlock)) {
         return true;
       }
     }