diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestAllocationAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestAllocationAction.java
index bcad6e10db344..29c88256d81ab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestAllocationAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestAllocationAction.java
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ private Table buildTable(RestRequest request, final ClusterStateResponse state,
             table.addCell(null);
             table.addCell(null);
             table.addCell(null);
+            table.addCell(null);
             table.addCell("UNASSIGNED");
             table.endRow();
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
index a04e770f395d5..9955d19fb31da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/rest/action/cat/RestNodesAction.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNodes;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Table;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.inject.Inject;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ private Table buildTable(RestRequest req, ClusterStateResponse state, NodesInfoR
 
             table.startRow();
 
-            table.addCell(fullId ? node.id() : node.id().substring(0, 4));
+            table.addCell(fullId ? node.id() : Strings.substring(node.getId(), 0, 4));
             table.addCell(info == null ? null : info.getProcess().id());
             table.addCell(node.getHostName());
             table.addCell(node.getHostAddress());