diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
index cdc97bfd118..bd3342ba15b 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/ipc/RpcServer.java
@@ -2603,7 +2603,7 @@ public class RpcServer implements RpcServerInterface, ConfigurationObserver {
    */
   public static InetAddress getRemoteIp() {
     Call call = CurCall.get();
-    if (call != null && call.connection.socket != null) {
+    if (call != null && call.connection != null && call.connection.socket != null) {
       return call.connection.socket.getInetAddress();
     }
     return null;