diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
index 09ff1467c5d..ef0e73e5f83 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/UpdateLog.java
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ public class UpdateLog implements PluginInfoInitialized, SolrMetricProducer {
   /**
    * @return the current transaction log's size (based on its output stream)
    */
-  public long getCurrentLogSizeFromStream() {
-    return tlog.getLogSizeFromStream();
+  public synchronized long getCurrentLogSizeFromStream() {
+    return tlog == null ? 0 : tlog.getLogSizeFromStream();
   }
 
   public long getTotalLogsNumber() {