diff --git a/org.eclipse.gemini.web.test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/gemini/web/test/extender/StreamBasedExtenderTests.java b/org.eclipse.gemini.web.test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/gemini/web/test/extender/StreamBasedExtenderTests.java
index 9da28ea..9d82c4d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.gemini.web.test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/gemini/web/test/extender/StreamBasedExtenderTests.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.gemini.web.test/src/test/java/org/eclipse/gemini/web/test/extender/StreamBasedExtenderTests.java
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@
  *
  * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
- * and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution. 
+ * and Apache License v2.0 which accompanies this distribution.
  * The Eclipse Public License is available at
  *   http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
- * and the Apache License v2.0 is available at 
+ * and the Apache License v2.0 is available at
  *   http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php.
- * You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.  
+ * You may elect to redistribute this code under either of these licenses.
  *
  * Contributors:
  *   VMware Inc. - initial contribution
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     /**
      * This test expects IllegalArgumentException rather than BundleException because for stream based installation the
      * exception is thrown when the stream is opened and BundleException is not a valid exception for URL.openStream.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws BundleException but shouldn't
      * @throws Exception possibly
      */
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     /**
      * This test expects IllegalArgumentException rather than BundleException because for stream based installation the
      * exception is thrown when the stream is opened and BundleException is not a valid exception for URL.openStream.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws BundleException but shouldn't
      * @throws Exception possibly
      */
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     /**
      * This test expects IllegalArgumentException rather than BundleException because for stream based installation the
      * exception is thrown when the stream is opened and BundleException is not a valid exception for URL.openStream.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws BundleException but shouldn't
      * @throws Exception possibly
      */
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     /**
      * This test expects IllegalArgumentException rather than BundleException because for stream based installation the
      * exception is thrown when the stream is opened and BundleException is not a valid exception for URL.openStream.
-     * 
+     *
      * @throws BundleException but shouldn't
      * @throws Exception possibly
      */
@@ -131,10 +131,14 @@
             fail("Unexpected exception " + e.getMessage());
         }
 
-        try (InputStream in = url.openStream();) {
-            return getBundleContext().installBundle(location, in);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            fail("Unexpected exception " + e.getMessage());
+        if (url != null) {
+            try (InputStream in = url.openStream();) {
+                return getBundleContext().installBundle(location, in);
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                fail("Unexpected exception " + e.getMessage());
+                return null;
+            }
+        } else {
             return null;
         }
     }