Index: hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java =================================================================== --- hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java (revision 1515949) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/security/access/AccessControlLists.java (working copy) @@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ */ static List getUserTablePermissions( Configuration conf, TableName tableName) throws IOException { - return getUserPermissions(conf, tableName.getName()); + return getUserPermissions(conf, tableName == null ? null : tableName.getName()); } static List getUserNamespacePermissions(