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diff --git a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-clustering-commons/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/common/actor/AbstractUntypedActor.java b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-clustering-commons/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/common/actor/AbstractUntypedActor.java
index dffb6101c5..ca303a5c12 100644
--- a/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-clustering-commons/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/common/actor/AbstractUntypedActor.java
+++ b/opendaylight/md-sal/sal-clustering-commons/src/main/java/org/opendaylight/controller/cluster/common/actor/AbstractUntypedActor.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 package org.opendaylight.controller.cluster.common.actor;
 
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -42,4 +43,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractUntypedActor extends UntypedActor {
         LOG.debug("Received unhandled message {}", message);
         unhandled(message);
     }
+
+    protected boolean isValidSender(ActorRef sender) {
+        // If the caller passes in a null sender (ActorRef.noSender()), akka translates that to the
+        // deadLetters actor.
+        return sender != null && !getContext().system().deadLetters().equals(sender);
+    }
 }