diff --git a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
index fcb518d94..2a9eea72e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/redisson/cluster/ClusterConnectionManager.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class ClusterConnectionManager extends MasterSlaveConnectionManager {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
         }
-        if (!connection.isActive()) {
+        if (connection != null && !connection.isActive()) {
             log.warn("connection for {} is not active!", connection.getRedisClient().getAddr());
             connection.closeAsync();
             connection = null;