diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/balancer/HostRegexTableLoadBalancer.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/balancer/HostRegexTableLoadBalancer.java
index 49309dc3526..5a0c021d1a8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/balancer/HostRegexTableLoadBalancer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/spi/balancer/HostRegexTableLoadBalancer.java
@@ -421,6 +421,14 @@ public long balance(BalanceParameters params) {
                   + " it may have been deleted or renamed.", table);
               continue;
             }
+            // If current information in the Manager indicates that the tserver
+            // is not hosting tablets for the table, then move on to the next
+            // tserver
+            if (e.getValue().getTableMap() != null
+                && !e.getValue().getTableMap().containsKey(tid.canonical())) {
+              LOG.debug("TServer {} is not hosting any tablets for table {}", e.getKey(), table);
+              continue;
+            }
             try {
               List<TabletStatistics> outOfBoundsTablets = getOnlineTabletsForTable(e.getKey(), tid);
               if (outOfBoundsTablets == null) {