diff --git a/tunnel-server/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/tunnel/server/cluster/RedisTunnelClusterStore.java b/tunnel-server/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/tunnel/server/cluster/RedisTunnelClusterStore.java
index 7a932cc56..9ff45d76f 100644
--- a/tunnel-server/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/tunnel/server/cluster/RedisTunnelClusterStore.java
+++ b/tunnel-server/src/main/java/com/alibaba/arthas/tunnel/server/cluster/RedisTunnelClusterStore.java
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ public class RedisTunnelClusterStore implements TunnelClusterStore {
         try {
             ValueOperations<String, String> opsForValue = redisTemplate.opsForValue();
             String infoStr = opsForValue.get(prefix + agentId);
+            if (infoStr == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("can not find info for agentId: " + agentId);
+            }
             AgentClusterInfo info = MAPPER.readValue(infoStr, AgentClusterInfo.class);
             return info;
         } catch (Throwable e) {