diff --git a/graphdb/janus/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/graphdb/janus/AtlasJanusGraph.java b/graphdb/janus/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/graphdb/janus/AtlasJanusGraph.java
index 0dd573b89..004cab9c8 100644
--- a/graphdb/janus/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/graphdb/janus/AtlasJanusGraph.java
+++ b/graphdb/janus/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/graphdb/janus/AtlasJanusGraph.java
@@ -575,15 +575,19 @@ public class AtlasJanusGraph implements AtlasGraph<AtlasJanusVertex, AtlasJanusE
         }
     }
     private Edge getFirstActiveEdge(GraphTraversal gt) {
-        while (gt.hasNext()) {
-            Edge gremlinEdge = (Edge) gt.next();
-            if (gremlinEdge != null && gremlinEdge.property(STATE_PROPERTY_KEY).isPresent() &&
-                    gremlinEdge.property(STATE_PROPERTY_KEY).value().equals(AtlasEntity.Status.ACTIVE.toString())
-            ) {
-                return gremlinEdge;
+
+        if(gt != null) {
+            while (gt.hasNext()) {
+                Edge gremlinEdge = (Edge) gt.next();
+                if (gremlinEdge != null && gremlinEdge.property(STATE_PROPERTY_KEY).isPresent() &&
+                        gremlinEdge.property(STATE_PROPERTY_KEY).value().equals(AtlasEntity.Status.ACTIVE.toString())
+                ) {
+                    return gremlinEdge;
+                }
             }
         }
 
+
         return null;
     }
 }
diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasRelationshipStoreV2.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasRelationshipStoreV2.java
index ef0313e02..6af80a1c7 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasRelationshipStoreV2.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/apache/atlas/repository/store/graph/v2/AtlasRelationshipStoreV2.java
@@ -648,9 +648,7 @@ public class AtlasRelationshipStoreV2 implements AtlasRelationshipStore {
 
         AtlasEdge ret = null;
 
-        if (toVertex.hasEdges(AtlasEdgeDirection.IN, relationshipLabel) && fromVertex.hasEdges(AtlasEdgeDirection.OUT, relationshipLabel)) {
-            ret = graph.getEdgeBetweenVertices(fromVertex, toVertex, relationshipLabel);
-        }
+        ret = graph.getEdgeBetweenVertices(fromVertex, toVertex, relationshipLabel);
 
         RequestContext.get().endMetricRecord(metric);
         return ret;