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) @@ -2704,6 +2704,11 @@ errors .reportError(ERROR_CODE.MULTI_META_REGION, "hbase:meta is found on more than one region."); if (shouldFixAssignments()) { + if (metaHbckInfo == null) { + errors.print( + "Unable to fix problem with hbase:meta due to hbase:meta region info missing"); + return false; + } errors.print("Trying to fix a problem with hbase:meta.."); setShouldRerun(); // try fix it (treat is a dupe assignment)