From e8f4e19bac84ede911e3399b0012962cc0063499 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zzz <zzz@mail.i2p>
Date: Sun, 7 Jun 2015 16:29:41 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] NetDB: Fix early NPE

---
 .../networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java     | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
index de0a6639f..7c1442e20 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
@@ -173,7 +173,8 @@ public class FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade extends KademliaNetworkDatabaseFacad
      *  @since 0.7.11
      */
     boolean shouldThrottleLookup(Hash from, TunnelId id) {
-        return _lookupThrottler.shouldThrottle(from, id);
+        // null before startup
+        return _lookupThrottler == null || _lookupThrottler.shouldThrottle(from, id);
     }
 
     /**