From a8216e7ce011a595bc5eaf12ecabb0f4526eda6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Norman Maurer <nmaurer@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 09:52:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix possible NPE

---
 buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/DefaultMessageBuf.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/DefaultMessageBuf.java b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/DefaultMessageBuf.java
index ba30723785..a6081bb7e1 100644
--- a/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/DefaultMessageBuf.java
+++ b/buffer/src/main/java/io/netty/buffer/DefaultMessageBuf.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class DefaultMessageBuf<T> extends AbstractMessageBuf<T> {
             } while (i != tail);
         }
 
-        elements = null;
+        elements =  cast(new Object[2]);
         this.head = 0;
         this.tail = 0;
     }