diff --git a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaSchemaExtractor.java b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaSchemaExtractor.java
index 5119f5f5c..d6e59a97c 100644
--- a/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaSchemaExtractor.java
+++ b/xtable-core/src/main/java/org/apache/xtable/delta/DeltaSchemaExtractor.java
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ private InternalSchema toInternalSchema(
         type = InternalType.DOUBLE;
         break;
       case "binary":
-        if (originalMetadata.contains(InternalSchema.XTABLE_LOGICAL_TYPE)
+        if (originalMetadata != null
+            && originalMetadata.contains(InternalSchema.XTABLE_LOGICAL_TYPE)
             && "uuid".equals(originalMetadata.getString(InternalSchema.XTABLE_LOGICAL_TYPE))) {
           type = InternalType.UUID;
         } else {