1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/binding-ws-runtime-jaxws/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/binding/ws/jaxws/JAXWSServiceBindingProvider.java b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/binding-ws-runtime-jaxws/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/binding/ws/jaxws/JAXWSServiceBindingProvider.java
index 048a9820cc..ff1327f070 100644
--- a/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/binding-ws-runtime-jaxws/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/binding/ws/jaxws/JAXWSServiceBindingProvider.java
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/trunk/modules/binding-ws-runtime-jaxws/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/binding/ws/jaxws/JAXWSServiceBindingProvider.java
@@ -150,7 +150,9 @@ public class JAXWSServiceBindingProvider implements ServiceBindingProvider, Prov
                 Detail d = fault.addDetail();
                 DetailEntry de = d.addDetailEntry(fe.getFaultName());
                 SOAPElement dece = de.addChildElement("message");
-                dece.addTextNode(fe.getMessage());
+                if (fe.getMessage() != null) {
+                    dece.addTextNode(fe.getMessage());
+                }
             } else {
                 Element element = responseMsg.getBody();
                 response.getSOAPBody().addChildElement(soapFactory.createElement(element));