diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpServerTransport.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpServerTransport.java
index 94c97061cdd45..fe444407afb18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpServerTransport.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/http/netty/NettyHttpServerTransport.java
@@ -281,7 +281,11 @@ public BoundTransportAddress boundAddress() {
 
     @Override
     public HttpInfo info() {
-        return new HttpInfo(boundAddress(), maxContentLength.bytes());
+        BoundTransportAddress boundTransportAddress = boundAddress();
+        if (boundTransportAddress == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new HttpInfo(boundTransportAddress, maxContentLength.bytes());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
index 3491882c6ad8c..e66689b59b891 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/transport/TransportService.java
@@ -127,7 +127,11 @@ public boolean addressSupported(Class<? extends TransportAddress> address) {
     }
 
     public TransportInfo info() {
-        return new TransportInfo(boundAddress());
+        BoundTransportAddress boundTransportAddress = boundAddress();
+        if (boundTransportAddress == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return new TransportInfo(boundTransportAddress);
     }
 
     public TransportStats stats() {