1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/datarouter-node/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/node/ProvData.java b/datarouter-node/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/node/ProvData.java
index c436076f..03e952c1 100644
--- a/datarouter-node/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/node/ProvData.java
+++ b/datarouter-node/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/node/ProvData.java
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ public class ProvData {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Get the raw node configuration entries
+     * Get the raw node configuration entries.
      */
     public NodeConfig.ProvNode[] getNodes() {
         return (pn);
@@ -333,6 +333,9 @@ public class ProvData {
         if (jnodes != null) {
             for (int nx = 0; nx < jnodes.length(); nx++) {
                 String nn = gvas(jnodes, nx);
+                if (nn == null) {
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (nn.indexOf('.') == -1) {
                     nn = nn + "." + sfx;
                 }