diff --git a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
index f68562f..21b05d4 100644
--- a/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
+++ b/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/hyracks/control/cc/dataset/DatasetDirectoryService.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
         records[partition].writeEOS();
 
         for (DatasetDirectoryRecord record : records) {
-            if (record.getStatus() == DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status.SUCCESS) {
+            if ((record != null) && (record.getStatus() == DatasetDirectoryRecord.Status.SUCCESS)) {
                 successCount++;
             }
         }