diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/BlockCacheViewTmpl.jamon b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/BlockCacheViewTmpl.jamon
index fa55f6a04ba..c6d7a619d0f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/BlockCacheViewTmpl.jamon
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/jamon/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/tmpl/regionserver/BlockCacheViewTmpl.jamon
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ org.apache.hadoop.util.StringUtils;
   if (bcn.equals("L1")) {
     bc = bcs == null || bcs.length == 0? bc: bcs[0];
   } else {
-    if (bcs.length < 2) {
+    if (bcs == null || bcs.length < 2) {
       System.out.println("There is no L2 block cache");
       return;
     }