From dc528dcc7db7299df62ca60f546b170bedb91dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anthony <anthony@cloud.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 10:41:44 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] bug 13478: check null

status 13478: resolved fixed

reviewed-by: edison
---
 server/src/com/cloud/ha/UserVmDomRInvestigator.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/ha/UserVmDomRInvestigator.java b/server/src/com/cloud/ha/UserVmDomRInvestigator.java
index 31944fc5537..12d748c462a 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/ha/UserVmDomRInvestigator.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/ha/UserVmDomRInvestigator.java
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ public class UserVmDomRInvestigator extends AbstractInvestigatorImpl {
         for (Long hostId : otherHosts) {
             try {
                 Answer pingTestAnswer = _agentMgr.easySend(hostId, new PingTestCommand(routerPrivateIp, privateIp));
-                if (pingTestAnswer.getResult()) {
+                if (pingTestAnswer!=null && pingTestAnswer.getResult()) {
                     if (s_logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
                         s_logger.debug("user vm " + vm.getHostName() + " has been successfully pinged, returning that it is alive");
                     }