diff --git a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterWrapperImpl.java b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterWrapperImpl.java
index e03c4df3aa3..d65b0291366 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterWrapperImpl.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/master/MetricsMasterWrapperImpl.java
@@ -55,11 +55,17 @@ public class MetricsMasterWrapperImpl implements MetricsMasterWrapper {
 
   @Override
   public long getSplitPlanCount() {
+    if (master.getRegionNormalizerManager() == null) {
+      return 0;
+    }
     return master.getRegionNormalizerManager().getSplitPlanCount();
   }
 
   @Override
   public long getMergePlanCount() {
+    if (master.getRegionNormalizerManager() == null) {
+      return 0;
+    }
     return master.getRegionNormalizerManager().getMergePlanCount();
   }