diff --git a/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/pom.xml b/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/pom.xml
index aaddf4aeb0aea..6e0b4e5ad63d9 100644
--- a/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/pom.xml
+++ b/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <description>Jolokia plugin for standalone Camel HTTP Platform</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <firstVersion>4.4.0</firstVersion>
+        <firstVersion>4.5.0</firstVersion>
         <label>http,monitoring</label>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/platform/http/plugin/DefaultJolokiaPlatformHttpPlugin.java b/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/platform/http/plugin/DefaultJolokiaPlatformHttpPlugin.java
index f5641985053da..55cd5abe6f1b0 100644
--- a/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/platform/http/plugin/DefaultJolokiaPlatformHttpPlugin.java
+++ b/components/camel-platform-http-jolokia/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/component/platform/http/plugin/DefaultJolokiaPlatformHttpPlugin.java
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ public void doStart() {
 
     @Override
     public void doStop() {
-        serviceManager.stop();
+        if (serviceManager != null) {
+            serviceManager.stop();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ private Restrictor createRestrictor(String pLocation) {
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
             jolokiaLogHandler.error("Error while accessing access restrictor at " + pLocation +
-                                    ". Denying all access to MBeans for security reasons. Exception: " + e,
+                            ". Denying all access to MBeans for security reasons. Exception: " + e,
                     e);
             return new DenyAllRestrictor();
         }