diff --git a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
index a5b0ef97aac..792c1b1cc61 100644
--- a/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
+++ b/hbase-client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/RawAsyncHBaseAdmin.java
@@ -1314,6 +1314,10 @@ class RawAsyncHBaseAdmin implements AsyncAdmin {
   public CompletableFuture<Void> splitRegion(byte[] regionName) {
     CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
     addListener(getRegionLocation(regionName), (location, err) -> {
+      if (err != null) {
+        future.completeExceptionally(err);
+        return;
+      }
       RegionInfo regionInfo = location.getRegion();
       if (regionInfo.getReplicaId() != RegionInfo.DEFAULT_REPLICA_ID) {
         future
@@ -1344,6 +1348,10 @@ class RawAsyncHBaseAdmin implements AsyncAdmin {
       "splitPoint is null. If you don't specify a splitPoint, use splitRegion(byte[]) instead");
     CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
     addListener(getRegionLocation(regionName), (location, err) -> {
+      if (err != null) {
+        future.completeExceptionally(err);
+        return;
+      }
       RegionInfo regionInfo = location.getRegion();
       if (regionInfo.getReplicaId() != RegionInfo.DEFAULT_REPLICA_ID) {
         future