diff --git a/psc-flink/src/main/java/com/pinterest/flink/streaming/connectors/psc/FlinkPscProducer.java b/psc-flink/src/main/java/com/pinterest/flink/streaming/connectors/psc/FlinkPscProducer.java
index ab2409a..4a81933 100644
--- a/psc-flink/src/main/java/com/pinterest/flink/streaming/connectors/psc/FlinkPscProducer.java
+++ b/psc-flink/src/main/java/com/pinterest/flink/streaming/connectors/psc/FlinkPscProducer.java
@@ -1062,25 +1062,28 @@ protected void recoverAndCommit(FlinkPscProducer.PscTransactionState transaction
                 producer.resumeTransaction(pscProducerTransactionalProperties, topicUris);
                 commitTransaction(producer);
             } catch (FlinkPscException | ProducerException e) {
-                // That means we may have committed this transaction before.
-                if (e.getCause().getClass().isAssignableFrom(InvalidTxnStateException.class)) {
-                    LOG.warn(
-                            "Unable to commit recovered transaction ({}) because it's in an invalid state. "
-                                    + "Most likely the transaction has been aborted for some reason. Please check the Kafka logs for more details.",
-                            transaction,
-                            e);
-                }
-                if (e.getCause().getClass().isAssignableFrom(ProducerFencedException.class)) {
-                    LOG.warn(
-                            "Unable to commit recovered transaction ({}) because its producer is already fenced."
-                                    + " This means that you either have a different producer with the same '{}' or"
-                                    + " recovery took longer than '{}' ({}ms). In both cases this most likely signals data loss,"
-                                    + " please consult the Flink documentation for more details.",
-                            transaction,
-                            ProducerConfig.TRANSACTIONAL_ID_CONFIG,
-                            ProducerConfig.TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT_CONFIG,
-                            producerConfig.getProperty("psc.producer.transaction.timeout.ms"),
-                            e);
+                LOG.warn("Encountered exception during recoverAndCommit()", e);
+                if (e.getCause() != null) {
+                    // That means we may have committed this transaction before.
+                    if (e.getCause().getClass().isAssignableFrom(InvalidTxnStateException.class)) {
+                        LOG.warn(
+                                "Unable to commit recovered transaction ({}) because it's in an invalid state. "
+                                        + "Most likely the transaction has been aborted for some reason. Please check the Kafka logs for more details.",
+                                transaction,
+                                e);
+                    }
+                    if (e.getCause().getClass().isAssignableFrom(ProducerFencedException.class)) {
+                        LOG.warn(
+                                "Unable to commit recovered transaction ({}) because its producer is already fenced."
+                                        + " This means that you either have a different producer with the same '{}' or"
+                                        + " recovery took longer than '{}' ({}ms). In both cases this most likely signals data loss,"
+                                        + " please consult the Flink documentation for more details.",
+                                transaction,
+                                ProducerConfig.TRANSACTIONAL_ID_CONFIG,
+                                ProducerConfig.TRANSACTION_TIMEOUT_CONFIG,
+                                producerConfig.getProperty("psc.producer.transaction.timeout.ms"),
+                                e);
+                    }
                 }
             } finally {
                 if (producer != null) {