From ee59aee6c8cd768dde588e96e73b203a0012eb68 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ahakanzn <a.hakan.zn@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 13:45:15 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add null check for suggestion.getProposedBy

---
 .../collections/suggestions/BaseChangeSuggestionService.java    | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/registry-service/src/main/java/org/gbif/registry/service/collections/suggestions/BaseChangeSuggestionService.java b/registry-service/src/main/java/org/gbif/registry/service/collections/suggestions/BaseChangeSuggestionService.java
index 990a9c200..104953281 100644
--- a/registry-service/src/main/java/org/gbif/registry/service/collections/suggestions/BaseChangeSuggestionService.java
+++ b/registry-service/src/main/java/org/gbif/registry/service/collections/suggestions/BaseChangeSuggestionService.java
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ private boolean isEmptyAddress(Address address) {
   private void lockFields(R entityOld, R entityNew) {
     List<MasterSourceUtils.LockableField> fieldsToLock;
     if (entityOld instanceof CollectionChangeSuggestion
-      && entityOld.getProposedBy().equals(IH_SYNC_USER)) {
+      && Objects.equals(entityOld.getProposedBy(), IH_SYNC_USER)) {
       fieldsToLock = COLLECTION_LOCKABLE_FIELDS.get(MasterSourceType.IH);
       fieldsToLock.forEach(
         f -> {