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 1553177) +++ hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/HBaseFsck.java (working copy) @@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ } else if (servers.size() > 1) { errors .reportError(ERROR_CODE.MULTI_META_REGION, "hbase:meta is found on more than one region."); - if (shouldFixAssignments()) { + if (metaHbckInfo != null && shouldFixAssignments()) { errors.print("Trying to fix a problem with hbase:meta.."); setShouldRerun(); // try fix it (treat is a dupe assignment)