diff --git a/solr/CHANGES.txt b/solr/CHANGES.txt
index 118d6295400..f39c0b9948f 100644
--- a/solr/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/solr/CHANGES.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,9 @@ Bug Fixes
 
 * SOLR-8149: Admin UI - Plugins / Stats - active item is now highlighted (Labuzov Dmitriy via janhoy)
 
+* SOLR-10630: HttpSolrCall.getAuthCtx().new AuthorizationContext() {...}.getParams()
+  sometimes throws java.lang.NullPointerException (hu xiaodong via shalin)
+
 Other Changes
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/HttpSolrCall.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/HttpSolrCall.java
index 4f6bae0aead..4318621af6e 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/HttpSolrCall.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/servlet/HttpSolrCall.java
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ public class HttpSolrCall {
     return new AuthorizationContext() {
       @Override
       public SolrParams getParams() {
-        return solrReq.getParams();
+        return null == solrReq ? null : solrReq.getParams();
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -1081,7 +1081,7 @@ public class HttpSolrCall {
           response.delete(response.length() - 1, response.length());
         
         response.append("], Path: [").append(resource).append("]");
-        response.append(" path : ").append(path).append(" params :").append(solrReq.getParams());
+        response.append(" path : ").append(path).append(" params :").append(getParams());
         return response.toString();
       }