diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
index 13dc31efe77..b33d4b8eb5b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MasterRpcServices.java
@@ -3428,8 +3428,9 @@ public class MasterRpcServices extends RSRpcServices implements
     namedQueueGetRequest.setBalancerDecisionsRequest(request);
     NamedQueueGetResponse namedQueueGetResponse =
       namedQueueRecorder.getNamedQueueRecords(namedQueueGetRequest);
-    List<RecentLogs.BalancerDecision> balancerDecisions =
-      namedQueueGetResponse.getBalancerDecisions();
+    List<RecentLogs.BalancerDecision> balancerDecisions = namedQueueGetResponse != null ?
+      namedQueueGetResponse.getBalancerDecisions() :
+      Collections.emptyList();
     return MasterProtos.BalancerDecisionsResponse.newBuilder()
       .addAllBalancerDecision(balancerDecisions).build();
   }
@@ -3446,8 +3447,9 @@ public class MasterRpcServices extends RSRpcServices implements
     namedQueueGetRequest.setBalancerRejectionsRequest(request);
     NamedQueueGetResponse namedQueueGetResponse =
       namedQueueRecorder.getNamedQueueRecords(namedQueueGetRequest);
-    List<RecentLogs.BalancerRejection> balancerRejections =
-      namedQueueGetResponse.getBalancerRejections();
+    List<RecentLogs.BalancerRejection> balancerRejections = namedQueueGetResponse != null ?
+      namedQueueGetResponse.getBalancerRejections() :
+      Collections.emptyList();
     return MasterProtos.BalancerRejectionsResponse.newBuilder()
       .addAllBalancerRejection(balancerRejections).build();
   }