diff --git a/cmd/bucket-replication-stats.go b/cmd/bucket-replication-stats.go
index 5441166e6..51ceaf5b4 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-replication-stats.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-replication-stats.go
@@ -270,6 +270,13 @@ func (r *ReplicationStats) getAllLatest(bucketsUsage map[string]BucketUsageInfo)
 }
 
 func (r *ReplicationStats) calculateBucketReplicationStats(bucket string, u BucketUsageInfo, bucketStats []BucketStats) (s BucketReplicationStats) {
+	if r == nil {
+		s = BucketReplicationStats{
+			Stats: make(map[string]*BucketReplicationStat),
+		}
+		return s
+	}
+
 	// accumulate cluster bucket stats
 	stats := make(map[string]*BucketReplicationStat)
 	var totReplicaSize int64
diff --git a/cmd/bucket-stats.go b/cmd/bucket-stats.go
index 918861e7f..32cb74ceb 100644
--- a/cmd/bucket-stats.go
+++ b/cmd/bucket-stats.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ type BucketStats struct {
 // BucketReplicationStats represents inline replication statistics
 // such as pending, failed and completed bytes in total for a bucket
 type BucketReplicationStats struct {
-	Stats map[string]*BucketReplicationStat
+	Stats map[string]*BucketReplicationStat `json:",omitempty"`
 	// Pending size in bytes
 	PendingSize int64 `json:"pendingReplicationSize"`
 	// Completed size in bytes