1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/physical/impl/partitionsender/PartitionSenderRootExec.java b/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/physical/impl/partitionsender/PartitionSenderRootExec.java
index 7df69a468..abf9cbcc9 100644
--- a/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/physical/impl/partitionsender/PartitionSenderRootExec.java
+++ b/exec/java-exec/src/main/java/org/apache/drill/exec/physical/impl/partitionsender/PartitionSenderRootExec.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import org.apache.drill.exec.physical.config.HashPartitionSender;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.physical.impl.BaseRootExec;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.physical.impl.SendingAccountor;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.proto.ExecProtos.FragmentHandle;
+import org.apache.drill.exec.record.BatchSchema;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.record.BatchSchema.SelectionVectorMode;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.record.FragmentWritableBatch;
 import org.apache.drill.exec.record.RecordBatch;
@@ -269,6 +270,13 @@ public class PartitionSenderRootExec extends BaseRootExec {
   }
 
   public void sendEmptyBatch(boolean isLast) {
+    BatchSchema schema = incoming.getSchema();
+    if (schema == null) {
+      // If the incoming batch has no schema (possible when there are no input records),
+      // create an empty schema to avoid NPE.
+      schema = BatchSchema.newBuilder().build();
+    }
+
     FragmentHandle handle = context.getHandle();
     StatusHandler statusHandler = new StatusHandler(sendCount, context);
     for (MinorFragmentEndpoint destination : popConfig.getDestinations()) {
@@ -280,7 +288,7 @@ public class PartitionSenderRootExec extends BaseRootExec {
           handle.getMinorFragmentId(),
           operator.getOppositeMajorFragmentId(),
           destination.getId(),
-          incoming.getSchema());
+          schema);
       stats.startWait();
       try {
         tunnel.sendRecordBatch(statusHandler, writableBatch);