diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7d06e7d6642..ac7eac4b02e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -601,6 +601,8 @@ Release 0.21.0 - Unreleased
    HBASE-3031  CopyTable MR job named "Copy Table" in Driver
    HBASE-2658  REST (stargate) TableRegionModel Regions need to be updated to
                work w/ new region naming convention from HBASE-2531
+   HBASE-3140  Rest schema modification throw null pointer exception
+               (David Worms via Stack)
 
 
   IMPROVEMENTS
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
index fcfadb809ee..7262229cc17 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rest/SchemaResource.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public class SchemaResource extends ResourceBase {
           if (htd.hasFamily(hcd.getName())) {
             admin.modifyColumn(name, hcd);
           } else {
-            admin.addColumn(model.getName(), hcd);            
+            admin.addColumn(name, hcd);            
           }
         }
       } catch (IOException e) {