Update testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries method of org.infinispan.eviction.impl.BaseEvictionFunctionalTest like below: public void testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries() throws Exception { // inserting 20 keys - values in a 10 sized cache ( keys from key-1 to key-20) for ( int i = 0; i < CACHE_SIZE*2; i++) { cache.put( "key-" + (i + 1), "value-" + (i + 1), 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES); } Thread .sleep(1000); // sleep long enough to allow the thread to wake-up assert CACHE_SIZE >= cache.size() : "cache size too big: " + cache.size(); // and then reinsert the first 10 keys (key-1 to key-10) for ( int i = 0; i < CACHE_SIZE; i++) { cache.put( "key-" + (i + 1), "value-" + (i + 1), 1, TimeUnit.MINUTES); } } Run the test method: mvn -Dtest=org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest#testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries test Error stack trace: ------------------------------------------------------- T E S T S ------------------------------------------------------- Running org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest Configuring TestNG with: TestNG652Configurator [TestSuiteProgress] Test starting: org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest.testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries LIRS 15:33:05,286 ERROR (testng-LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest) [InvocationContextInterceptor] ISPN000136: Error executing command PutKeyValueCommand, writing keys [key-10] java.lang.NullPointerException at org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.CacheNotifierImpl$1$1.getKey(CacheNotifierImpl.java:506) at org.infinispan.commons.util.InfinispanCollections.transformCollectionToMap(InfinispanCollections.java:109) at org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.CacheNotifierImpl.notifyCacheEntriesEvicted(CacheNotifierImpl.java:499) at org.infinispan.eviction.impl.EvictionManagerImpl.onEntryEviction(EvictionManagerImpl.java:43) at org.infinispan.container.DefaultDataContainer$DefaultEvictionListener.onEntryEviction(DefaultDataContainer.java:360) at org.infinispan.commons.util.concurrent.jdk8backported.BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.notifyEvictionListener(BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.java:375) at org.infinispan.commons.util.concurrent.jdk8backported.BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.compute(BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.java:3682) at org.infinispan.container.DefaultDataContainer.put(DefaultDataContainer.java:234) at org.infinispan.container.entries.ReadCommittedEntry.commit(ReadCommittedEntry.java:175)[TestSuiteProgress] Test failed: org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest.testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries 15:33:05,292 ERROR (testng-LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest) [TestSuiteProgress] Test failed: org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest.testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.rethrowException(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:140) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.access$000(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:46) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor$1.apply(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:62) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.ExceptionStage.exceptionally(ExceptionStage.java:62) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.visitCommand(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:107) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.AsyncInterceptorChainImpl.invoke(AsyncInterceptorChainImpl.java:245) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.executeCommandAndCommitIfNeeded(CacheImpl.java:1518) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.putInternal(CacheImpl.java:1125) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.put(CacheImpl.java:1115)[TestSuiteProgress] Tests succeeded: 0, failed: 1, skipped: 0 Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 2.276 sec <<< FAILURE! - in org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries(org.infinispan.eviction.impl.LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest) Time elapsed: 1.085 sec <<< FAILURE! org.infinispan.commons.CacheException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.rethrowException(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:140) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.access$000(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:46) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor$1.apply(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:62) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.ExceptionStage.exceptionally(ExceptionStage.java:62) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.visitCommand(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:107) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.AsyncInterceptorChainImpl.invoke(AsyncInterceptorChainImpl.java:245) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.executeCommandAndCommitIfNeeded(CacheImpl.java:1518) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.putInternal(CacheImpl.java:1125) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.put(CacheImpl.java:1115) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.put(CacheImpl.java:1108) at org.infinispan.cache.impl.CacheImpl.put(CacheImpl.java:248) at org.infinispan.eviction.impl.BaseEvictionFunctionalTest.testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries(BaseEvictionFunctionalTest.java:58) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:84) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:714) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:901) at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1231) at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:127) at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:111) at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:767) at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:617) at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:348) at org.testng.SuiteRunner.access$000(SuiteRunner.java:38) at org.testng.SuiteRunner$SuiteWorker.run(SuiteRunner.java:382) at org.testng.internal.thread.ThreadUtil$2.call(ThreadUtil.java:64) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang. Thread .run( Thread .java:745) Suppressed: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.CacheNotifierImpl$1$1.getKey(CacheNotifierImpl.java:506) at org.infinispan.commons.util.InfinispanCollections.transformCollectionToMap(InfinispanCollections.java:109) at org.infinispan.notifications.cachelistener.CacheNotifierImpl.notifyCacheEntriesEvicted(CacheNotifierImpl.java:499) at org.infinispan.eviction.impl.EvictionManagerImpl.onEntryEviction(EvictionManagerImpl.java:43) at org.infinispan.container.DefaultDataContainer$DefaultEvictionListener.onEntryEviction(DefaultDataContainer.java:360) at org.infinispan.commons.util.concurrent.jdk8backported.BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.notifyEvictionListener(BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.java:375) at org.infinispan.commons.util.concurrent.jdk8backported.BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.compute(BoundedEquivalentConcurrentHashMapV8.java:3682) at org.infinispan.container.DefaultDataContainer.put(DefaultDataContainer.java:234) at org.infinispan.container.entries.ReadCommittedEntry.commit(ReadCommittedEntry.java:175) at org.infinispan.statetransfer.CommitManager.commit(CommitManager.java:100) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.ClusteringDependentLogic$LocalLogic.commitSingleEntry(ClusteringDependentLogic.java:301) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.ClusteringDependentLogic$AbstractClusteringDependentLogic.commitEntry(ClusteringDependentLogic.java:117) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.commitContextEntry(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:580) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.commitEntryIfNeeded(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:746) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.commitContextEntries(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:557) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.applyChanges(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:614) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.lambda$setSkipRemoteGetsAndInvokeNextForDataCommand$5(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:649) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.ReturnValueStage.thenAccept(ReturnValueStage.java:46) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.setSkipRemoteGetsAndInvokeNextForDataCommand(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:646) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:296) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.EntryWrappingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(EntryWrappingInterceptor.java:84) at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77) at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49) at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitNonTxDataWriteCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:116) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.NonTransactionalLockingInterceptor.visitDataWriteCommand(NonTransactionalLockingInterceptor.java:38) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:77) at org.infinispan.interceptors.locking.AbstractLockingInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(AbstractLockingInterceptor.java:45) at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77) at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49) at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.updateStoreStatistics(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:165) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:154) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.CacheMgmtInterceptor.visitPutKeyValueCommand(CacheMgmtInterceptor.java:41) at org.infinispan.commands.write.PutKeyValueCommand.acceptVisitor(PutKeyValueCommand.java:77) at org.infinispan.interceptors.DDAsyncInterceptor.visitCommand(DDAsyncInterceptor.java:49) at org.infinispan.interceptors.BaseAsyncInterceptor.invokeNext(BaseAsyncInterceptor.java:52) at org.infinispan.interceptors.impl.InvocationContextInterceptor.visitCommand(InvocationContextInterceptor.java:106) ... 27 more [CIRCULAR REFERENCE:java.lang.NullPointerException] Results : Failed tests: LIRSEvictionFunctionalTest>BaseEvictionFunctionalTest.testSimpleEvictionMaxEntries:58 » Cache Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0