diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/NoopCloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/NoopCloudClient.java
index 8f37191..45dabeb 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/NoopCloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/NoopCloudClient.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 
     @Override
     public byte[] readAllBytes(String bucket, String path) throws HyracksDataException {
-        return new byte[0];
+        return null;
     }
 
     @Override