Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java (revision 1365424) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java (working copy) @@ -573,7 +573,8 @@ private void reportTablesInFlux() { AtomicInteger numSkipped = new AtomicInteger(0); HTableDescriptor[] allTables = getTables(numSkipped); - errors.print("Number of Tables: " + allTables.length); + int tableNum = allTables != null ? allTables.length : 0; + errors.print("Number of Tables: " + tableNum); if (details) { if (numSkipped.get() > 0) { errors.detail("Number of Tables in flux: " + numSkipped.get());