diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/trace/ITracer.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/trace/ITracer.java
index 4a82360..01b78da 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/trace/ITracer.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/trace/ITracer.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     ITracer NONE = new ITracer() {
         @Override
         public String getName() {
-            return null;
+            return "NONE";
         }
 
         @Override