diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/mobile/impl/android/AndroidPolicyMonitoringService.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/mobile/impl/android/AndroidPolicyMonitoringService.java
index d6e0fceeb..acc7337c2 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/mobile/impl/android/AndroidPolicyMonitoringService.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.impl/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/mobile/impl/android/AndroidPolicyMonitoringService.java
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ public class AndroidPolicyMonitoringService implements PolicyMonitoringService {
         if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
             log.debug("Checking policy compliance status of device '" + deviceIdentifier.getId() + "'");
         }
+        ComplianceData complianceData = new ComplianceData();
         if (compliancePayload == null || policy == null) {
-            return null;
+            return complianceData;
         }
-        ComplianceData complianceData = new ComplianceData();
         List<ComplianceFeature> complianceFeatures = new ArrayList<ComplianceFeature>();
 
         // Parsing json string to get compliance features.