diff --git a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixDocumentTreeState.java b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixDocumentTreeState.java
index cfaa668..8a8a23c 100644
--- a/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixDocumentTreeState.java
+++ b/core/store/primitives/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/primitives/resources/impl/AtomixDocumentTreeState.java
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@
         try {
             Versioned<TreeNodeValue> value = docTree.get(commit.operation().path());
             return value == null ? null : value.map(node -> node == null ? null : node.value());
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            return null;
         } finally {
             commit.close();
         }