diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
index 5d1a67ccae4..ea9ea298353 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/DirectUpdateHandler2.java
@@ -842,8 +842,10 @@ public class DirectUpdateHandler2 extends UpdateHandler implements SolrCoreState
     lst.add("cumulative_deletesById", deleteByIdCommandsCumulative.get());
     lst.add("cumulative_deletesByQuery", deleteByQueryCommandsCumulative.get());
     lst.add("cumulative_errors", numErrorsCumulative.get());
-    lst.add("transaction_logs_total_size", ulog.getTotalLogsSize());
-    lst.add("transaction_logs_total_number", ulog.getTotalLogsNumber());
+    if (this.ulog != null) {
+      lst.add("transaction_logs_total_size", ulog.getTotalLogsSize());
+      lst.add("transaction_logs_total_number", ulog.getTotalLogsNumber());
+    }
     return lst;
   }
 
diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
index ac13dd172d9..a9cefc657aa 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/update/TransactionLog.java
@@ -564,7 +564,10 @@ public class TransactionLog {
   }
 
   public long getLogSize() {
-    return tlogFile.length();
+    if (tlogFile != null) {
+      return tlogFile.length();
+    }
+    return 0;
   }
 
   /** Returns a reader that can be used while a log is still in use.
@@ -579,7 +582,6 @@ public class TransactionLog {
     return new FSReverseReader();
   }
 
-
   public class LogReader {
     private ChannelFastInputStream fis;
     private LogCodec codec = new LogCodec(resolver);