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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
index 4d9958ee6b..cdea81f2b7 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-rest-connector/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/sal/rest/impl/JsonReader.java
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ class JsonReader {
         JsonParser parser = new JsonParser();
 
         JsonElement rootElement = parser.parse(new InputStreamReader(entityStream));
+        if( rootElement.isJsonNull() )
+        {
+            //no content, so return null to indicate no input
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if (!rootElement.isJsonObject()) {
             throw new UnsupportedFormatException("Root element of Json has to be Object");
         }