diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/OzoneKMSUtil.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/OzoneKMSUtil.java
index ba00a31d92..6be77709d4 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/OzoneKMSUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/OzoneKMSUtil.java
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ public static URI getKeyProviderUri(UserGroupInformation ugi,
 
   public static KeyProvider getKeyProvider(final Configuration conf,
       final URI serverProviderUri) throws IOException{
+    if (serverProviderUri == null) {
+      throw new IOException("KMS serverProviderUri is not configured.");
+    }
     return KMSUtil.createKeyProviderFromUri(conf, serverProviderUri);
   }
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneKMSUtil.java b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneKMSUtil.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49fb5e3351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/client/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/client/rpc/TestOzoneKMSUtil.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.hadoop.ozone.client.rpc;
+
+import org.apache.hadoop.hdds.conf.OzoneConfiguration;
+import org.apache.hadoop.ozone.OzoneConfigKeys;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * Test class for {@link OzoneKMSUtil}.
+ * */
+public class TestOzoneKMSUtil {
+  private OzoneConfiguration config;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() {
+    config = new OzoneConfiguration();
+    config.setBoolean(OzoneConfigKeys.OZONE_SECURITY_ENABLED_KEY, true);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void getKeyProvider() {
+    try {
+      OzoneKMSUtil.getKeyProvider(config, null);
+      fail("Expected IOException.");
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      assertEquals(ioe.getMessage(), "KMS serverProviderUri is " +
+          "not configured.");
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
index f8e8fb44aa..983c5a9d46 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozonefs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/ozone/OzoneFileSystem.java
@@ -59,7 +59,13 @@ public URI getKeyProviderUri() throws IOException {
   @Override
   public DelegationTokenIssuer[] getAdditionalTokenIssuers()
       throws IOException {
-    KeyProvider keyProvider = getKeyProvider();
+    KeyProvider keyProvider;
+    try {
+      keyProvider = getKeyProvider();
+    } catch (IOException ioe) {
+      LOG.error("Error retrieving KeyProvider.", ioe);
+      return null;
+    }
     if (keyProvider instanceof DelegationTokenIssuer) {
       return new DelegationTokenIssuer[]{(DelegationTokenIssuer)keyProvider};
     }