diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/client/HttpFSFileSystem.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/client/HttpFSFileSystem.java
index dab4776575..df78938c20 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/client/HttpFSFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/http/client/HttpFSFileSystem.java
@@ -1370,7 +1370,7 @@ public byte[] getXAttr(Path f, String name) throws IOException {
     JSONObject json = (JSONObject) HttpFSUtils.jsonParse(conn);
     Map<String, byte[]> xAttrs = createXAttrMap(
         (JSONArray) json.get(XATTRS_JSON));
-    return xAttrs != null ? xAttrs.get(name) : null;
+    return xAttrs.get(name);
   }
 
   /** Convert xAttrs json to xAttrs map */