diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 5cdd94b1f196..4ca569f3656a 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -2915,6 +2915,10 @@ public String getRatisRoles() {
     if (isRatisEnabled) {
       try {
         leaderId = omRatisServer.getLeader();
+        if (leaderId == null) {
+          LOG.error("No leader found");
+          return "Exception: Not a leader";
+        }
         serviceList = getServiceList();
       } catch (IOException e) {
         LOG.error("IO-Exception Occurred", e);
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
index 9ab6ecdad272..bd8dcf9b7ee8 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/ratis/OzoneManagerRatisServer.java
@@ -736,13 +736,15 @@ private static Map<String, String> getOMHAConfigs(
   public RaftPeer getLeader() {
     try {
       RaftServer.Division division = server.getDivision(raftGroupId);
-      if (division.getInfo().isLeader()) {
-        return division.getPeer();
-      } else {
-        ByteString leaderId = division.getInfo().getRoleInfoProto()
-            .getFollowerInfo().getLeaderInfo().getId().getId();
-        return leaderId.isEmpty() ? null :
-            division.getRaftConf().getPeer(RaftPeerId.valueOf(leaderId));
+      if (division != null) {
+        if (division.getInfo().isLeader()) {
+          return division.getPeer();
+        } else {
+          ByteString leaderId = division.getInfo().getRoleInfoProto()
+                  .getFollowerInfo().getLeaderInfo().getId().getId();
+          return leaderId.isEmpty() ? null :
+                  division.getRaftConf().getPeer(RaftPeerId.valueOf(leaderId));
+        }
       }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       // In this case we return not a leader.