diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
index fe4284ad6..d8e12b7e1 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
@@ -293,8 +293,10 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements Objec
             Model constructedModel = constructModelForSelectQueries(
                     subjectUri, propertyUri, rangeUri, constructQueryStrings);
 
-            if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
-                log.debug("Constructed model has " + constructedModel.size() + " statements.");
+            if (constructedModel != null) {
+                if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+                    log.debug("Constructed model has " + constructedModel.size() + " statements.");
+                }
             }
 
             if("desc".equalsIgnoreCase( sortDirection ) ){