diff --git a/clients/java/signalr/src/test/java/com/microsoft/signalr/sample/Chat.java b/clients/java/signalr/src/test/java/com/microsoft/signalr/sample/Chat.java
index 5ea44083c5..2e0990d70a 100644
--- a/clients/java/signalr/src/test/java/com/microsoft/signalr/sample/Chat.java
+++ b/clients/java/signalr/src/test/java/com/microsoft/signalr/sample/Chat.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class Chat {
         }, String.class, String.class);
 
         hubConnection.onClosed((ex) -> {
-            if (ex.getMessage() != null) {
+            if (ex != null) {
                 System.out.printf("There was an error: %s", ex.getMessage());
             }
         });