diff --git a/spark/hbase-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/spark/DefaultSource.scala b/spark/hbase-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/spark/DefaultSource.scala
index 84e9123f..e7b6027a 100644
--- a/spark/hbase-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/spark/DefaultSource.scala
+++ b/spark/hbase-spark/src/main/scala/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/spark/DefaultSource.scala
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ case class HBaseRelation (
     HBaseSparkConf.BULKGET_SIZE,  HBaseSparkConf.DEFAULT_BULKGET_SIZE))
 
   //create or get latest HBaseContext
-  val hbaseContext:HBaseContext = if (useHBaseContext) {
+  val hbaseContext:HBaseContext = if (useHBaseContext && LatestHBaseContextCache.latest ！= null) {
     LatestHBaseContextCache.latest
   } else {
     val config = HBaseConfiguration.create()