diff --git a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
index b58ab5a..4576bd2 100644
--- a/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
+++ b/datarouter-prov/src/main/java/org/onap/dmaap/datarouter/provisioning/utils/URLUtilities.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
     public static String generatePeerLogsURL() {
         //Fixes for Itrack ticket - DATARTR-4#Fixing if only one Prov is configured, not to give exception to fill logs.
         String peerPodUrl = getPeerPodName();
-        if (peerPodUrl.equals("") || peerPodUrl.equals(null)) {
+        if (peerPodUrl.equals("") || peerPodUrl==null) {
             return "";
         }