diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
index 0e9eebaa0420..053afbed3c56 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/ozone-manager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OzoneManager.java
@@ -3035,7 +3035,9 @@ public List<List<String>> getRatisRoles() {
     RaftPeer leaderId;
     if (isRatisEnabled) {
       if (null == omRatisServer) {
-        return "Server is shutting down";
+        messageException.add("Server is shutting down");
+        resultList.add(messageException);
+        return resultList;
       }
       try {
         leaderId = omRatisServer.getLeader();