Index: src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java =================================================================== --- src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java (revision 1028918) +++ src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/catalog/MetaEditor.java (working copy) @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ HRegionInfo regionInfo, HServerInfo serverInfo) throws IOException, ConnectException { HRegionInterface server = catalogTracker.waitForRootServerConnectionDefault(); - if (server == null) throw new NullPointerException("No server for -ROOT-"); + if (server == null) throw new IOException("No server for -ROOT-"); updateLocation(server, CatalogTracker.ROOT_REGION, regionInfo, serverInfo); }